Global climate changes are decreasing agricultural productivity, threatening food security besides damaging life and property. Recent floods in developing countries like Pakistan are testament to the destructive impacts of climate on low income populations. Most of the lands are prone to drought, salinity or water-logging. The conventional methods to deal with such problems are expensive and short-lived. Therefore, sustainable solutions using stress tolerant plants are needed to address food security issues for the evergrowing populations. This conference would provide the scientific background for sustainable management and utilization of halophytes and xerohalophytes. as future crops for food, biofuel, medicine, landscaping, carbon sequestration and phyto-remediation of degraded soils.
Climate changes along with multiple stress factors such as drought, salinity, flooding, high temperature and light conditions are threatening global food production. This symposium deals with innovative solutions for developing and managing conventional and non-conventional crops which can be achieved by a combination of indigenous knowledge and state of the art scientific approaches in eco-physiological, molecular and best management practices for saline and drought affected areas.