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Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and DrainageFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and DrainageAlbertus F. Heuperman
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Agriculture Victoria, Institute of Sustainable Irrigated
Agriculture - Tatura Centre, Tatura, Australia
Arjun S. Kapoor
IPTRID Consultant, India
Harry W. Denecke
Theme Manager, IPTRID
Knowledge Synthesis Report
No. 6 - May 2002
ISSN 1607-6613
IPTRID Secretariat
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 2002
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CHAPTER 2. BACKGROUND - TRADITIONAL DRAINAGE TECHNIQUES AND THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
2.1 Conventional drainage techniques
2.2 Alternative approaches
CHAPTER 3. WHAT IS BIODRAINAGE, HOW DOES IT WORK? - ISSUES RELATED TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION
3.1 Scientific basis of biodrainage
3.2 Possible biodrainage scenarios
3.3 Principles of planning and design
3.4 Salt balance
3.5 Suitable plant, tree and shrub species
3.6 Biodiversity values
3.7 Marketability of produce
3.8 Biodrainage and wetlands
3.9 Biodrainage and urban landscapes
3.10 Socio-economic considerations
3.11 On-farm versus regional biodrainage systems
CHAPTER 4. SYNTHESIS OF RECENT BIODRAINAGE RELATED LITERATURE
CHAPTER 5. CASE STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES
5.1 Australia: Irrigation area scenarios
5.2 India: Channel seepage in the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project, Rajasthan
5.3 Israel: Biodrainage for water table control
5.4 Pakistan: Study of biological control of waterlogging in Bhawalnagar, Punjab
5.5 Paraguay: Salinization resulting from deforestation in the Central Chaco
5.6 USA: Integrated management of saline drainage effluent
CHAPTER 7. FUTURE R&D WORK REQUIRED
Tree water use
Salt uptake and salt tolerance
Research methodology
Tree species research
Sustainability
APPENDIX 1. SALT TOLERANT SPECIES BASED ON RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN
WEBSITES PROVIDING INFORMATION ON BIODRAINAGE AND BIODISPOSAL SYSTEMS