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Climate Change Assessment in Egypt: A Review

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The objective of this chapter was to review all the previous climate change studies done in Egypt on water resources, crops production, evapotranspiration, seasonal crop coefficients, water consumptive use and water requirements of crops, cultivated soils and areas, suitability of growing area to be cultivated with a certain crop and food gaps in Egypt. Literature review was done for 67 research papers found on the internet to cover these items. Thus, adaptation strategies should be applied when possible to reduce the vulnerability associated with climate change.

Keywords

  • Water resources
  • Crops production
  • Water requirements of crops
  • Cultivated soils and area
  • Suitability of growing area to be cultivated with a certain crop
  • Food gaps

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  1. Water Requirements and Field Irrigation Research Department, Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Samiha Ouda

  2. Crop Intensification Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Abd El-Hafeez Zohry

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Ouda, S., Zohry, A.EH. (2020). Climate Change Assessment in Egypt: A Review. In: Deficit Irrigation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35586-9_7

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