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Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations to “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt”

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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt

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This chapter encapsulates the essential climate change challenges (in terms of conclusions and recommendations) of the agricultural environment in Egypt and presents insights derived from the cases in the volume. In addition, some (update) findings from a few recently published research work related to the climate change covered themes. This chapter focuses on climate change impact on agriculture in Egypt that was documented during the book project. To this end, we identify five main contribution areas, which include an overview of climate change in Egypt, land and water resources, smart farming, livestock, fishery, and aquaculture, and socioeconomic impacts. Therefore, conclusions will be built on researcher vision gained concerning study findings and limitations. In addition, this chapter encompasses evidence on a set of recommendations to direct future research towards climate change impact on agriculture, which is a main strategic theme of the Egyptian Government. The set of recommendations is presented for specialists involved in following additional research to exceed the scope and findings of this book.

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  1. Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt

    El-Sayed Ewis Omran

  2. Department of Natural Resources, Institute of African Research and Studies, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

    El-Sayed Ewis Omran

  3. Water and Water Structures Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

    Abdelazim M. Negm

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Omran, ES.E., Negm, A.M. (2020). Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations to “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt”. In: Ewis Omran, ES., Negm, A. (eds) Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41629-4_25

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