Page 4 - Final Report Improving information and developing a repository of sustainable soil management practices in Asia

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The purpose of the project “Improving information and developing a repository of sustainable
soil management practices in Asia is to support the development of a repository of Asia-specific

sustainable soil management practices that are critical for member countries and stakeholders to
use in developing programs to accelerate actions in halting soil salinization. This final report

consists of a main body, and the Executive Summary.

2. The main body of the final report. The main body of the report provides a series of sustainable

soil management best practices in Thailand as case studies to accelerate actions in halting soil

salinization and saline soil management that are critical for Asian countries. It also incorporates
the recommendations of local and national institutes/organizations which reviewed the process of

the studies; the recommendations receiving from a national study conducted by experts and senior
government officials.

3. The technical studies and data collection include: 15 best practices of sustainable soil
management to accelerate actions in halting soil salinization and/or saline soil management.

1) Seaweed Development Fisheries Groups;

2) Eco-friendly system of seaweed culture;

3) Ked Forest Park, prototype of community forest management in the brackish water

ecosystem at Khung Bang Krachao (Bang Krachao river bend);

4) Fish farming for saline soil management in KhonKaen Province, Thailand;

5) Manila tamarind planting in combination with integrated farming for saline soil

management in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand;

6) Green manure: an amazing crop for soil amendment and saline soil reduction of the

Northeast of Thailand (I-san);

7) Extension of using the green manure plant (sunn. hemp) in saline soils

8) Managing areas with saline soil by practicing eco-agriculture in Maha Sarakham

Province, Thailand;

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