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1.5 billion people, living with soil too salty to be fertile

1.5 billion people, living with soil too salty to be fertile

Oct 22, 2021, at 06:29 pm

New York: Between 20 to 50 per cent of irrigated soils in all continents have grown too salty to be fully fertile, creating significant challenges for more than 1.5 billion people trying to grow their own food.