About 10.56 lakh out of 16.89 lakh hectares of coastal land in the country are affected by salinity of various degrees, according to a survey of the Soil Resources Development Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The findings of the survey in 2010 on saline soil of Bangladesh said that more than 62 per cent out of the total cultivated land in the coastal areas had already been affected by
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
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