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Addressing soil salinity for sustainable agriculture and food security: Innovations and challenges in coastal regions of Bangladesh

Md. Tipu Sultan, Upoma Mahmud, Md. Zulfikar Khan · 2023 · Future Foods

Summary. Soil salinity threatens Bangladesh's coastal agriculture and food security, affecting 30% of arable land. Traditional mitigation methods fail to address the problem effectively. The paper proposes climate-smart agriculture and microbial-assisted phytoremediation using endophytic bacteria as innovative solutions that enhance plant growth and nutrient absorption under salinity stress, supporting sustainable food production and poverty alleviation.

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Sultan, M. T., Mahmud, U., & Khan, M. Z.. (2023). Addressing soil salinity for sustainable agriculture and food security: Innovations and challenges in coastal regions of Bangladesh. Future Foods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2023.100260

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DOI
10.1016/j.fufo.2023.100260
Countries
Bangladesh
Regions
Asia
Categories
agtech, food-systems, climate-and-environment
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2026-04-28