Dr Richard George: The Threat to the West Australian Agricultural Sector from Dryland Salinity

Geoffrey Craggs interviewed Dr. Richard George on the current standing of Dryland Salinity, a major concern for Western Australian’s. Half the affected land resides in WA, accounting for approximately two million hectares of non-irrigated farmland, four million hectares Australia wide. As a result of poor current and historic land use techniques, along with high cost and low success rate of reversion techniques, salinity remains a major concern, and further investment is crucial to the health of our land. Read the complete interview;

http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/dr-richard-george-the-threat-to-the-west-australian-agricultural-sector-from-dryland-salinity/

Dr Richard George will be a key speaker at the Regenerative Agriculture Conference on September 11th, 2019 presenting on understanding productivity constraints.

Reference image source: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/soil-salinity/dryland-salinity-western-australia-0