**Preface**

Climate change, water scarcity, and soil degradation are among the many challenges facing global agriculture today. It is imperative to explore, understand, and devise new agricultural practices that can ensure food security, environmental sustainability, and resilient farming communities. In particular, the age-old problem of soil and water salinization, exacerbated by anthropogenic actions and climatic shifts, demands integrated, multi-faceted management and research approaches.

The articles in this volume offer a deep dive into various facets of biosaline agriculture. Collectively, these studies, representing diverse scientific approaches, geographical contexts, and agricultural systems, underscore a unified theme—the pressing need for innovative strategies to tackle salinity. It is my hope and expectation that this Special Issue will attract and inspire agronomists, policymakers, farmers, and students to embrace the hard challenges and work towards a future or innovation and resilience, ensuring that our soils remain fertile, our waters wisely used, and our crops abundant.

I congratulate the authors and editors on their tremendous achievement and thank them for putting together this valuable collection.

> Todd H. Skaggs United States Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS Riverside, California, USA
