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a large part of the Asia-Pacific region. On the other hand, with the UN Decade of Ecosystem

Restoration, launched in June 2021, countries are increasingly looking at tools to assess restoration
opportunities to make a business case for investing in land, soil and broader ecosystem restoration.

Furthermore, sustainable land and soil management is a priority for agri-food systems
transformation as highlighted in the Global Food Security Summit.

With this regard, Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
(FAORAP) in collaboration with Land Development Department (LDD) and CESRA developed

project ‘Improving information and developing a repository of sustainable soil management
practices in Asia’. This project will support the development of a repository of Asia-specific

sustainable soil management practices for halting soil salinization and saline soil management that

are critical for member countries and stakeholders to use in developing programmes/projects and
mobilizing resources for the implementation.

OBJECTIVES

1) To collect data and information of best practices on salt affected soil management in
Thailand
2) To support the development of a repository of Asia-specific sustainable soil management
practices for halting soil salinization and saline soil management that are critical for
member countries and stakeholders under CESRA

DURATION OF THE PROJECT
January 2022 – February 2023

MAIN RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
1) Land Development Department (LDD)
2) Center of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA)

SALT AFFECTED SOILS IN THAILAND

Salt-affected soils can be saline or sodic soils, saline soils are soils that contain soluble salts

expressed as electrical conductivity of the saturation soil extract, higher than 2 dS/m at 25 degree
Celsius and sodic soils with Sodium Adsorption Ratio higher than 13. Salinity causes problems on

soil and crop to farmers in remediation and management practices. In 2015 and 2018, LDD

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