Salt left behind from ocean spray is so concentrated on land in parts of Africa that one can see salt crystals in the soil sparkling in the sun. For farmers in these areas, the increased salinization of prime agricultural land is having a detrimental impact.
This spring, Dr. Louis S. Tisa, a researcher with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station and professor of molecular, cellular, and biomedical sciences in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, welcomed an international scholar who is working to find solutions to the issue of land salinization in Africa.