Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition
Our sub-programme assists national institutions involved in agricultural production in developing countries to use nuclear
and related techniques to develop integrated strategies and technologies for improving the efficiency of nutrient and water
use by crops within selected cropping systems, while preserving the natural resource base (soil, water, biodiversity, etc.)
and protecting the environment.
The overall goal of the development and use of these novel technologies is a more profitable and sustainable agriculture, a secured food production and a healthier environment.
Highlights
Soil management and conservation for sustainable agriculture and environment.
Nuclear techniques provide essential and value added information and technology for defining and alleviating constraints to intensify and diversify farming systems while ensuring the sustainable use and management of land and water resources ... Full Story »
Technologies and practices for sustainable use and management of water in agriculture.
With increasing water shortages in many parts of the world, the SWMCN Subprogramme aims at developing isotope based methodologies to measure and improve crop water productivity (more crops per drop). Full Story »
Integrated soil-plant approaches to increase crop productivity in harsh environments.
The impacts of increased droughts, salinity and nutrient deficiencies are serious threat to the production of the major world food crops (wheat, rice and maize). Degraded and marginal lands (harsh environments) are the results of ... Full Story »