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From paddy to fish: Punjab cultivates carps, looks at prawns [1]

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

Badly affected by soil salinity and waterlogging, agriculture here means a single crop in a year and that too only in soil having low salt deposits.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Soil Salinisation [3], Waterlogging [4], Agriculture [5], Fisheries [6], Aquaculture [7], Salinity [8], Punjab [9], Ludhiana (D) [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterlogging
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aquaculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/salinity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ludhiana-d