Transforming Salt-Affected Lands
We help to improve crop yield under saline conditions
and bring solutions into the hands of farmers
The Salt Doctors specialize in creating and implementing climate-smart farming systems
for salt-affected areas, delivering innovative solutions directly to farmers worldwide.
We achieve this by research and consultancy, providing practical training in the field
and assisting with the implementation from sowing to harvesting.
Salinity levels are increasing all over the world. As a result, yields are decreasing and the livelihood of millions of farmers and global food security is under pressure already.
The Salt Doctors often act as an implementation partner to realize climate resilient agriculture and help farmers to adapt to the ever-increasing salinity levels.
We focus on an integrated approach that provides practical guidelines, training
and demonstration in the field on how to deal with salinity and improve the crop yields
in a sustainable way.
Key Focus:
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Salinity assessments and mapping of opportunities
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Research, training (of trainers) and capacity building
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Developing, demonstrating and implementing scalable solutions under saline conditions
Why Saline Agriculture?
Up to 833 million hectares are salt affected globally and this often leads to reduced crop yields.
Saline agriculture makes use of salt tolerant crops to improve yields under saline conditions.
Helping farmers to adapt to the ever-increasing salinity levels
can have a major impact on the food security and livelihoods of 1.5 billion people!
Our projects
Salinity assessment:
Saline farming assessment mission
in Morocco
Identifying salt affected farms that are suitable for future demonstration activities and identify local partners who are willing to be part of future activities to help Moroccan farmers to become more resilient to increasing salinity levels under (fresh)water scarce conditions.
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Training and capacity building:
Training potato cultivation under saline conditions in Iraq
The Salt Doctors performed a practical training, regarding potato cultivation under saline conditions, for the staff of Basrah University in Iraq.During classroom training sessions different aspects of crop salt tolerance and soil and water management were covered as well.
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Scalable solutions:
Developing scalable solutions
in Egypt
The project focusses on creating business cases for saline agriculture and build capacity for the further implementation of sustainable saline agricultural practices. Creating business cases is important to show farmers that saline agriculture is possible and profitable.
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Latest news
November 2024
Invitation: 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗔 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
We cordially invite you to SALTA on Tour 2024, a series of meetings where we will share up-to-date insights on salinisation and freshwater supply in six coastal provinces. These events will focus on the practical experience of entrepreneurs and discuss innovative, practice-oriented solutions and a concrete action perspective for increasing drought, freshwater scarcity and salinisation. Events are in Dutch. Read more (in Dutch)
October 2024
One of the activities of The Salt Doctors is designing and developing open-field hydroponics that can use saline water as a water source. Focussing on smallholder farmers, this system has to be easy to operate, robust and cheap. That can be a challenging combination! Read more
October 2024
There we are! Dutch companies active in the field of agriculture in Senegal are keen to meet you at the Dutch residence in Dakar, Fann.
We will be pleased to welcome you there on Friday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In parallel, there will be information sessions on "Horticôte Senegal", transitional agriculture, the use of technology in horticulture and how to produce in saline areas.
September 2024
Just finished a good visit to Senegal. This week was all about installing our three main demonstration locations in Kayar, for our "Onion Farming for the Future" project. Setting up solar powered drip irrigation, a design for proper crop rotation, tailor-made (organic) fertilizer strategies, green-manure crops, mulching, robust crop varieties and specific salinity management are all part of these demo's. Read more