Welcome to SalFar's webspace. SalFar is a project co-funded by the North Sea Region Programme 2014 - 2020.
Project Focus
Climate change is a global challenge that will have a major impact on the North Sea Region, affecting costal areas in a variety of ways. The SalFar project focuses on the degradation of farmland due to salinization. The main driver for increased salinization in the North Sea Region is the continuous rise in sea level. Sea level rise leads to leads to increased seepage of seawater, a higher risk of flooding, pushes seawater further inland and in time will lead to ever increasing salinization of farmland in the North Sea Region as well as in other parts of the world. Without adequate countermeasures this will lead to loss of food production capability and severe damage to costal economies.
How does SalFar deal with this challenge?
We develop innovative methods of costal agriculture across the North Sea Region by setting up field labs in each partnering country. In the field labs a multidisciplinary team consisting of climate experts, researchers, educators, farmers, entrepreneurs and policy makers, will be doing scientific research on the salt tolerance of various crops, demonstrating alternative methods of farming under saline conditions and creating new business opportunities for farmers, food producers, and entrepreneurs.
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Latest Project News
Press release: The Economic Impacts of Salinization Exceeds half a billion EURO a year in Europe alone – and the Cost is Projected to Rise with the Tides
04 January 2021There is an urgent need to strengthen systems and mechanisms for monitoring soil salinity and associated risks. This is one of the conclusions in the …
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Three new Danish partners join SalFar
16 December 2020Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, SAGRO and Aarhus University have joined the project. Together the Danish partners will work on tasks related to the work p…
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New ”Baseline Study Report”, published by the University of Lincoln on behalf of SalFar
16 December 2020The aim of the report has been to develop essential baseline environmental information, data and available knowledge to ensure a consistent integratio…
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Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments
15 December 2020Coming soon: New book with more than 30 articles written by speakers at the International Saline Futures Conference in Leeuwarden last year and other …
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What is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on SalFar?
15 December 2020In light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, project coordinator Angelica Kaus gives an update on the status of the project and how the pandemic has aff…
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