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Popularly on land-reclamation
Authors: A.N. Morozov, Shirokova Yu.I.

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Abstract of the book.
Transfer to market relations and intensive development of farming in Uzbekistan significantly in-creased interest of farmers on agronomy and agriculture and also on melioration of irrigated lands. Many of the people that often were of non-farming profession were involved in process of onrush of farming. Development of simple, understandable and popular manuals on land-reclamation is necessary for them. On the other hand, there are people among farmers that have agricultural education and vast practical ex-perience, but for a while they have not opportunity to keep abreast of information on land-reclamation issue.
Participation in numerous workshops and "schools for farmers" carried out by different organiza-tions, oral communications with many of farmers and interest in lectures shown from their side brought authors to the idea on necessity to develop a book giving the general image on lands irrigation, and, espe-cially - on saline lands and that one which are subject to salinization. Besides, farmers are also needed in specific recommendations on ways of salt regime control of soils in different natural conditions of Uz-bekistan.
Taking into account that "Land-Reclamation" subject as a scientific sector is of interdisciplinary direction, or in other words it is synthesis of sciences on following:
- soil, and its granulometric and chemical composition; soil solutions that are formed under impact of irri-gation and salinization;
-hydrogeology (groundwater hydrology);
- climate and related with it irrigation water regulation features for different crops;
- irrigation schedules, irrigation methods and lands desalinization
- methods of drainage of irrigated areas, drainage designs selection methods;
- features of different crops cultivation, crop requirements for water and tolerable salinization at different stages of crops growth;
- soil-conditioned methods and perspective agricultural technologies (zero and minimal tillage technolo-gies),
Authors decided to extend somewhere usual frames of textbooks on land-reclamation and describe as possible clearer and easier (without pretension to scientific completeness and almost without math-ematic manipulation) the main processes that take place at irrigated fields and their interrelations. Except well-known theses, new directions in technologies for irrigated farming, results of the latest investigations in the field of land reclamation and irrigated farming of arid zones, and also recommendations on efficient technologies of land-reclamation will be covered in the book. It will be useful for college students, bachelors and masters as ancillary literature; it also can be used as a manual for trainings for farmers at water user associations level, for dehkans and farmers associations, or for special consulting organizations oriented to farmers. The book will be illustrated with many of pictures, original schemes and diagrams. The authors have long experience of scientific investigations, publications in scientific magazines, pres-entations development for audiences of different groundings, starting from rigorous down to popular one intended for plain farmers. Some publications of the authors and a list of their works can be found on our website http://www-water-salt.nm.ru . The authors look for sponsor' support from organizations that support progres-sive reforms in husbandry and transfer to market relations with the purpose of writing, preparation and publishing of the book, and its translation into Uzbek. If you are interested in our proposal, please contact with us according to following addresses:

Morozov A.N. E-mail: water-salt@nm.ru

Shirokova Yu.I. E-mail: saniiri1@uzsci.net

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