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The Soils of Egypt

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Egypt is one of the most old countries worldwide. It has a great history and an amazing civilization. This civilization established and flowered on the two sides of the Nile River. Depending on both the freshwater from the Nile and fertile soils, this civilization is extended for thousands of years. The wonderful location of Egypt besides the temperate weather, the metal wealth, and oil, they enforced Egypt to be a prey to the colonists. So, several colonists tried to occupy the Egyptian lands but it has been destroyed and overcame these enemies. Therefore, the Egyptian soils were and still the domain factor in agricultural production. These soils have several functions in our life associated with the goals of UN sustainable development as well as the ecosystem services. These soil-related ecosystem services also could be subdivided into regulating, provisioning, and cultural subgroups. So, this book is an attempt to discuss the Egyptian soils including the following issues: the historical research of Egyptian soils, the climate and its changes, soil pollution , soil maps and major soil types, soil fertility, and its security, as well as future soil issues.

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Authors thank the outstanding contribution of STDF research teams (Science and Technology Development Fund, Egypt) and MBMF/DLR (the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany) (Project ID 5310) for their help. Great support from this German-Egyptian Research Fund (GERF) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Hassan El-Ramady, Tarek Alshaal, Ahmed S. El-Henawy & Mohamed S. Shams

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    Hassan El-Ramady

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    Tarek Alshaal

  3. Soils and Water Use Department, Biological and Agricultural Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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El-Ramady, H., Alshaal, T., El-Henawy, A.S., Shams, M.S. (2019). Introduction. In: El-Ramady, H., Alshaal, T., Bakr, N., Elbana, T., Mohamed, E., Belal, AA. (eds) The Soils of Egypt. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95516-2_1

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