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Agri-Environmental Policies: Comparison and Critical Evaluation Between EU and Egyptian Structure

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Agro-Environmental Sustainability in MENA Regions

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This chapter outlines selected agri-environmental policies in both Egypt and the European Union (EU). It focuses on legislation introduced since the year 2000 on water and agricultural conservation, specifically ecosystem, and compares the findings to the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development guidelines. The 2030 Agenda serves as a framework for both Egypt and the EU and as a standard for international comparison. The United Nations framework, Egyptian as well as EU legislation, respectively, have been analysed with the Qualitative Data Analysis Software ATLAS.ti. Results show a graphical representation of our analysis including overlaps and gaps between the United Nations guidelines and Egyptian as well as EU legislation. Egypt and the EU have introduced legislation that covers certain aspects of the UN guidelines, however, neither of them in the whole scope. Discussing the results with respect to the conducted literature review points to possible weaknesses of both the Egyptian and EU legislation since the year 2000.

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  1. Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Elisa Mutz

  2. Production and Resource Economics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Benjamin O. Emmanuel & Johannes Sauer

  3. Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 3 Gamma St., Giza, Egypt

    Fadi Abdelradi

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  2. Higher Institute of Agronomic Sciences-Chott Meriem, Sousse, Tunisia

    Faiza Khebour Allouche

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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Mutz, E., Emmanuel, B.O., Abdelradi, F., Sauer, J. (2021). Agri-Environmental Policies: Comparison and Critical Evaluation Between EU and Egyptian Structure. In: Abu-hashim, M., Khebour Allouche, F., Negm, A. (eds) Agro-Environmental Sustainability in MENA Regions. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78574-1_18

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