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As a result of the experience drawn from several countries of the region, special emphasis has to be given to the practical approaches that have been successful in the past [17]. Success, viability and acceptance of marginal water use in agriculture depends on locally adapted water and soil management practices, with appropriate selection of cropping pattern and farming practices. 

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Fig. 16.3 Replicated field trial in Wadenswil, Switzerland where higher bacteria biomass (expressed as microbial bound carbon (Cmic) was found in the organically managed orchard soils (crosses = organic squares = conventional, integrated) than in orchards managed according to integrated farming practice. Higher bacterial biomass was correlated with increased content of water-extractable calcium in soil samples...

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