A journey across the country from the Arabian Sea up to
the Himalayas takes you through vast barren terrains unfit
for agriculture mainly due to salinity - a jinx for the
agricultural economy of Pakistan. These salt-prone lands
can be converted into productive prairies by growing salt
tolerant forage grasses irrigated with easily available
saline/brackish water. Does it really work? The Institute
of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization (ISHU) at the University
of Karachi (KU) has successfully demonstrated it.
