2022
DOI: 10.3390/su142013641
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Sustainability of Coastal Agriculture in the Face of Soil Degradation: The Influence of Water Salinization as an Example

Abstract: The pump-irrigated soils of the coastal Chaouia in Morocco are subject to changes in their qualities due to the quality of the irrigation water and their proximity to the sea. This work aims to approach irrigation water quality and the influence of these waters on the quality of agricultural soils. The study is based on the systematic and selective sampling of water and soils (19 water samples and 19 soil samples). Analyzed parameters mainly include the salinity and pH of the soil and water samples. The main r… Show more

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“…The weakness of sandy soil texture is its instability, low water holding capacity, and low nutrient retention, making it vulnerable to nutrient leaching (Shepherd & Bennett, 1998). Soil structure stability is crucial to soil fertility since it significantly affects soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties (Kholaiq et al, 2022). The soil pH values range from 7.9 to 8.1, categorized as slightly alkaline, similar to the pH values in most coastal regions (Kutbay & Surmen, 2022;Kholaiq et al, 2022).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The weakness of sandy soil texture is its instability, low water holding capacity, and low nutrient retention, making it vulnerable to nutrient leaching (Shepherd & Bennett, 1998). Soil structure stability is crucial to soil fertility since it significantly affects soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties (Kholaiq et al, 2022). The soil pH values range from 7.9 to 8.1, categorized as slightly alkaline, similar to the pH values in most coastal regions (Kutbay & Surmen, 2022;Kholaiq et al, 2022).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Soil structure stability is crucial to soil fertility since it significantly affects soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties (Kholaiq et al, 2022). The soil pH values range from 7.9 to 8.1, categorized as slightly alkaline, similar to the pH values in most coastal regions (Kutbay & Surmen, 2022;Kholaiq et al, 2022). Alkaline soil pH in coastal areas is caused by sodium bicarbonate and increased salinity, soil pH plays an important role in the growth and composition of plants in coastal areas (Angiolini et al, 2018).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cultivation of a wide range of crops such as rice, coconut, spices, etc, rearing of livestock, backyard poultry and fisheries are the important agricultural activities of this region. However, coastal regions are vulnerable to several challenges such as cyclones, flooding, erratic rainfall, salinity, seawater intrusion, sea level rise, increasing ocean acidity and surface temperature, soil degradation, and increasing salt content in water and these factors hamper agriculture production system [7][8][9]. Due to frequent changes in salinity, tidal surges, moisture stress, and waterlogging, the agricultural production systems in the coastal region are less stable compared to the mainland [10].…”
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confidence: 99%