The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

Khamzina, Tatiana Il’inichna - Uzbek State Uzgipromeliovodkhoz Institute (UZGIP) 
(Tashkent,  Uzbekistan),  specialist  in  the  field  of   soil  fertility,  sustainable  management  of   land 
resources and the irrigation of  crops. E-mail: [e-mail]
Khasankhanova, Gulchera Murshidovna – Candidate of  Agricultural Sciences, Uzbek State 
Uzgipromeliovodkhoz Institute (UZGIP) (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), specialist in the field of  pedology 
and melioration of  salt-affected soils, mapping, monitoring and assessment of  land desertification/
degradation and drought, adaptation to climate change. E-mail: [e-mail]