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As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive

dc.coverage.spatialIndiaen
dc.coverage.spatialEgypten
dc.coverage.spatialBangladeshen
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-24T05:33:20Z
dc.date.available2018-07-24T05:33:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-16
dc.identifier.citationAs seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive. (2015, June 16). Manila Bulletin, p. B-8.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/1091
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherManila Bulletin Publishing Corporationen
dc.titleAs seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will surviveen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleManila Bulletinen
dc.citation.firstpageB-8en
local.subject.classificationMB20150616_B-8en
local.descriptionOn a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and possibly offering viable farming alternatives for a future in which rising seas have inundated countless coastal farmlands. Sea rise, one of the consequences of climate change, now threatens millions of poor subsistence farmers across Asia. As ocean water swamps low-lying plots, experts say many could be forced to flee inland. “Sea level rise is inevitable, and we are not prepared,” said Swaminathan, who pioneered high-yield wheat and rice varieties for India in the 1960s. “The biggest problem in India is just the very large population. We can say people can relocate, but where could we even accommodate all those who need to move inland?”en
local.subject.personalnamePaul, Tapas
local.subject.personalnameSelvam, V.
local.subject.personalnameGlenn, Edward
local.subject.personalnameChellammal
local.subject.personalnameGlenn, Edward
local.subject.personalnameParida, Ajay
local.subject.corporatenameUnited Nations Food an Agricultural Organization (UNFAO)en
local.subject.corporatenameM.S. Swaminathan Research Foundationen
local.subject.corporatenameCentral Soil Salinity Research Instituteen
local.subject.corporatenameIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeen
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of Arizonaen
local.subject.scientificnameSalicornia brachiataen
local.subject.scientificnameSesuvium portulacastrumen
local.subject.scientificnamePaspalum vaginatumen
local.subject.scientificnameProsopis julifloraen
local.subject.scientificnameSalicornia europaeen
dc.subject.agrovocmarine plantsen
dc.subject.agrovocaquatic plantsen
dc.subject.agrovocSea level changesen
dc.subject.agrovochalophytesen
dc.subject.agrovocdisastersen
dc.subject.agrovocClimatic changesen
dc.subject.agrovocice meltingen
dc.subject.agrovocshrimp cultureen
dc.subject.agrovocfloodingen
dc.subject.agrovocsea wateren
dc.subject.agrovocground wateren
dc.subject.agrovocpoverty alleviationen
dc.subject.agrovocagricultureen
dc.subject.agrovoceconomicsen
dc.subject.agrovocsaline intrusionen
dc.subject.agrovocirrigationen
dc.subject.agrovocaquacultureen
dc.subject.agrovocfisheriesen
dc.subject.agrovocmarketingen
dc.subject.agrovocsalinityen
dc.subject.agrovocmangrovesen


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