FAO SOILS BULLETIN · 31
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
Rome, 1984
Report of an Expert Consultation
Rome, 3-6 June 1975
FAO Land and Water Development Division
Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service
Reprinted, 1984
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A. Evolution, Extent and Economic Land Classification of Salt Affected Soils
Paper 1 - 1. Evolution of salinity, alkalinity and waterlogging
Paper 2 - 2. Present and potential salt affected soils - an introduction
Paper 3 - 3. Economic land classification for the prevention and reclamation of salt affected landsB. Factors to be considered for Prognosis
Paper 4 - 1. Natural factors
Paper 4 - 2. Man-made factorsPaper 5 - a. Water management and salinity
Paper 6 - b. Assessing the suitability of water for irrigation: theoretical and empirical approaches
Paper 7 - c. Soil management and agronomic practicesC. Methods of Prognosis and Monitoring
Paper 8 - 1. Soil and hydrologic surveys for the prognosis and monitoring of salinity and alkalinity
Paper 9 - 2. Soils and hydrologic surveys
Paper 10 - 4. Use of satellite imagery for salinity appraisal in the Indus Plain
Paper 10 - 5. Laboratory and field characterizationPaper 11 - a. Laboratory analyses of soils related to the prognosis and monitoring of salinity and alkalinity
Paper 12 - b. Measuring, mapping and monitoring field salinity and water table depths with soil resistance measurements
Paper 13 - c. La morphologie des sols affectes par le sel, reconnaissance et prévision - surveillance continue
Paper 14 - d. Survey methods for performance, monitoring and prognosis of natural vegetation and economic crops with special reference to salt affected soilsPaper 15 - 6. Modelling of salt movement through the soil profile
Paper 16 - 1. Interpretation of quality of water for irrigation
Paper 17 - 2. Predicting soil salinization, alkalization and waterlogging
A. Discussion paper on the preparation of the World Map of Desertization with particular reference to salinity/alkalinity problems
B. Draft Report of an FAO Expert Consultation on the Preparation of a World Map of Desertization