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Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources to Combat Degradation

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Egypt is situated in the northeastern corner of Africa between latitudes 22°N and 32°N, and between longitudes 24°E and 37°E. It has a strategic location at the crossroads among Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Egypt has a total area of 1,001,450 km2, with a land area of 995,450 km2.

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  1. Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Samiha Ouda, Hamdy Khalifa & Abdalla Mohamadin

  2. Field Crops Research Institute; Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Abd El-Hafeez Zohry

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  1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS/MWR and NWUAF, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

    Rui Li

  2. The Ohio State University, Mount Gilead, OH, USA

    Ted L. Napier

  3. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Samir A. El-Swaify

  4. Soil and Water Conservation, National School of Forest Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture, Sale, Morocco

    Mohamed Sabir

  5. University of Buenos Aires, Lexington, KY, USA

    Eduardo Rienzi

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Ouda, S., Khalifa, H., Mohamadin, A., Zohry, A.EH. (2022). Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources to Combat Degradation. In: Li, R., Napier, T.L., El-Swaify, S.A., Sabir, M., Rienzi, E. (eds) Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7916-2_6

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