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2. Approach, aims, and enabling environment

2.1 objective of the approach

The main goal or objective of the approach is to promote land users to bring about

agricultural maximum benefits in order to prevent saline soil distribution in areas with severely
saline soil by growing Dixie grass as a cover crop and to restore the soil ecosystem severely

affected from salt.

2.2 Conditions favorable for implementing the technology under this approach are as follows:

1) Land owners have guidelines for practices following successful neighbors.

2) Financial and service sources are Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural
Cooperatives.

3) Local Administration Organizations are the supportive agency.

4) Coordination of volunteer soil doctors and community leaders in the area with

farmers in the area

5) The government has a policy of preventing soil degradation.

6) Supporting the knowledge regarding sustainable management of areas with

saline soil for land users

7) Providing budget to support farmers to participate in the project continuously in

areas with saline soil

2.3 Decision-making in selecting the technology of managing land with saline soil sustainably

Experts of managing areas with saline soil sustainably are main decision makers by using

data of the environment of areas with saline soil. Using the technology of soil management is
suitable with solutions. There are guidelines for practices easy to understand which farmers can

actually follow in the area. The decision is based on assessing farmers' knowledge about soil
management and interest of participation in the project etc.

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