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It is estimated that, of the total 270 million hectares of irrigated land around theworld, some 80 million hectares are affected by waterlogging and salinity, while about 20 million hectares suffer from severe irrigation-induced salinity problems [1].
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Konukcu, F. (2006). Potential of dry drainage as a sustainable solution to waterlogging and salinisation. In: Öztürk, M., Waisel, Y., Khan, M.A., Görk, G. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7610-4_14
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