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The Soils of Egypt

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Abstract

Soils are among the key resources of sustainable development in Egypt. There would be no development, in any nation, without policies and implementation for soil protection, conservation, and sustainability. This is due to the role soils play in almost all fields, including agriculture and its subsectors (farming of animals and plants to produce food, feed, fiber, fuel, etc.), as well as the industrial sector. Egypt faces, currently, great and serious challenges related to the changes in land use, new challenges for soil sciences scientists. Other important future soil issues include the role of soils in global climate changes mitigation/adaptation, establishment of soil protection law, and enforcing it. To solve emerging soil-related problems in Egypt, potential contributions from soil scientists, policymakers, and society are expected. Therefore, this chapter is an attempt to focus on emerging concern on soil and to suggest suitable solutions under the Egyptian conditions.

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El-Ramady, H., Alshaal, T., Abdelrahman, H., El-Hady, O. (2019). Future Soil Issues. 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_13

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