the cure for salinity in agriculture
We improve crop yield
under saline conditions
Adaptation
is the solution
Millions of farmers are faced with increasing salinity levels and reducing crop yields.
This often leads to reduced food security, poverty and even migration.
By adapting to salinity, crop yields can be increased and the livelihoods of farmers and their families can be improved.
Services
The Salt Doctors have developed a practical approach to get results in the field.
We can diagnose the salinity conditions in the field, develop tailor-made adaptive farming systems, set up demo trials, provide seeds of salt tolerant crops and help with training and capacity building and much more. We focus on crops that most farmers know, like potato, carrot, cauliflower, cabbage and beet.
So if you have salinity issues, The Salt Doctors can provide the cure!
Salinity
assesments
Providing salt tolerant seeds
Training & assistance
(in the field)
Capacity building & research
Develop adaptation strategies
ABOUT
US
The Salt Doctors,
founded by Dr. Arjen de Vos,
is a social enterprise that combines the expertise of different professionals to develop tailor-made solutions.
Based on many years of applied research and various projects in the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt and Kenya, we have the knowledge and the know-how to make saline agriculture work in the field.
To make a difference we want to co-operate. Together we can work on upscaling and contribute to global food security.
Interested? Please contact us
Publications & Reports
An improved methodology to evaluate crop salt tolerance from field trials
van Straten G, de Vos AC, Rozema J, Bruning B, van Bodegom PM (2019)
Agricultural Water Management 213, 375-387
Effects of increased seawater salinity irrigation on growth and quality of the edible halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. under field conditions
Atzori G, De Vos AC, van Rijsselberghe M, Vignolini P, Rozema J, Mancuso S, van Bodegom PM (2017)
Agricultural Water Management 187, 37-46
Crop salt tolerance under controlled field conditions in The Netherlands,
based on field trials conducted by Salt Farm Texel
De Vos AC, Bruning B, van Straten G, Oosterbaan R, Rozema J, van Bodegom P (2016)
Report 39 pages
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