Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Changes in Egypt

El-Ramady, Hassan; El-Marsafawy, Samia M.; Lewis, Lowell N.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5961-9_2

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“…Most research conducted on climate change in Egypt has followed a top-down approach, to assess the consequences of climate change on the different areas of agriculture and other sectors [15,16,48,49], or to test the efficiency of different adaptation measures applied by local farming systems [17,26]. Little research has been conducted on how farmers in the Nile Delta conceptualize climate-related risk, or how these farmers address risk through the adoption of recommended strategies (bottom-up approach).…”

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

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This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data, using questionnaires and interviews, from 792 randomly-selected farmers in two of the governorates in the Nile Delta Region, Egypt. A workshop was organized for 59 extension professionals working in the two governorates, looking at how the adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector towards climate change was being guided by policy-makers. Two focus groups were used: one with senior officials from the regional governorates and the other with central government administrators from the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. The study findings suggested that 51.9% of the investigated farmers at the two targeted governorates had no knowledge about the climate change phenomenon. Maximizing the use of manure, changing crop patterns, and crop rotation were the adaptation measures most commonly adopted by aware respondents against climate change. Results of a probit model analysis indicated that farmers' ability to adapt to climate change was influenced by education level, farm size, diversity of production, and membership of a Water User Association. The study recommended some extension interventions to raise awareness of the anticipated effects of climate change.

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

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“…(4) -In arid and semi-arid areas, the expected precipitation decreases over the next century would by 20% or more as well as the accelerated increase in the greenhouse gases (GHGs) concentration in the atmosphere is a major cause for climate change (El-Ramady et al 2013). …”

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Environmental Nanoremediation under Changing Climate

El-Ramady

Alshaal

El-Henawy

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MANY global problems threaten our life on the Planet including climate changes, environmental pollution, food and soil security, energy crisis, etc. This environmental pollution has not only mainly serious risks and stress involving the human health and safety of the entire ecosystem but also the quantity and quality of crops productivity worldwide. Due to the great gap between the global food production and the global consumption, there is a crucial need to cultivate these contaminated lands sooner or later. Therefore, the removing of pollutants from soils and waters should be performed in frame of sustainable remediation and sustainable energy production accordingly. Depending on many factors (source and kind of pollutants, land use and the economics of water and soil resources, etc) many strategies should be addressed for the sustainable and integrated management of polluted lands. Nanoremediation is a promising strategy in controlling pollution and management. Three major applications of nanoremediation could be characterized including detection of pollution using nanosensors, prevention of pollution, purification and remediation of contamination. Further studies also concerning the impact of changing climate on the nanoremediation process in the agroecosystems should be considered. Thus, this review will focus on the evaluation of environmental nanoremediation and its strategy in polluted lands under climate changes. Using of nanotechnology in pollution control as well as the environmental pollution and its sustainable management also will be highlighted.Keywords: Environmental nanoremediation, Climate change, Pollution, Crop production, Environmental stress. IntroductionClimate changes are a great challenge facing the human kind as well as other living things. The production of crops and other agricultural features are extremely susceptible to changes in climate. So, these global changes will be caused major shifts in crop distribution due to climate changes in the future. Moreover, it has been estimated that climate changes are likely to reduce yields and/or damage crops in the 21 Removing of pollutants from soils and waters could be linked with both the sustainable remediation as well as sustainable energy production (Kovacs and Szemmelveisz 2017; Zheng and Shi 2017). Many strategies for the sustainable and integrated management of polluted lands should be addressed depending on several factors e.g., type of pollutants and their level, the purpose of land use after remediation, soil characterization and its topography, climate , cropping patterns and the availability of resources and their economics (El-Ramady et al. 2017;Saha et al. 2017a). Furthermore, a great debate concerning using of lands for crop food production (under growing global population) or energy crop production was and still for ages (Paschalidou et al. 2016). Therefore, a global and holistic strategy in facing the main three threats including hunger, lack of energy and pollution of environment as well as climate changes should be esta...

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“…Humans challenge nature through desertifi cation and industrialization leading to a cascade of problems like pollution, soil fertility, soil erosion, declining resources of water, biodiversity and ecosystems. These all ultimately lead to climate change issues (El-Ramady et al 2013 ). On the other hand, nature challenges fl ora and fauna with abiotic and biotic stresses.…”

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“…Agriculture is directly related to global issues like climate change and global warming which involve temperature, rainfall, weather and increase in green house gases. All these factors can immensely affect agriculture (El-Ramady et al 2013 ). Besides this, agriculture sector is an indispensible part of the economy of any country.…”

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Drought Stress Tolerant Horse Gram for Sustainable Agriculture

Bhardwaj

Yadav

2014

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

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Sustainable development is successful development that can be maintained. In agriculture sustainable development is seen as the new paradigm of economic development. Around three billion people living in rural areas are dependent on agriculture as their main source of income. It is not easy to sustain agricultural development given the various kinds of ever changing environmental challenges like metal toxicity, drought, cold, and salinity stresses that crops have to face. Drought stress is one of the most devastating environmental stress severely affecting crop growth, development and yield. To withstand drought stress and sustain the agricultural productivity we need to identify and maintain the natural crop resources.Horse gram ( Macrotyloma unifl orum ) is a highly drought tolerant yet underexploited tropical legume, commonly known as 'kulthi'. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1978 identifi ed horse gram as potential food source for the future. Insurmountable drought tolerance and pest resistance together make it agriculturally an attractive crop. Besides normal cultivation in vitro regeneration of horse gram is an asset. Its high iron, low lipid, low sodium content and slow digestible starch make it a preferred choice for diabetic and obesity patients. Dark coloured seeds of horse gram in form of sprouts usually have higher antioxidant capacity as proven by various in vitro antioxidant assays. Seed extracts from horse gram contain isofl avones and glucopyranosides which show in vitro antilithic activity leading to reduced stone formation. When different processing techniques are used in combination they act synergistically reducing most of the antinutritional factors like polyphenols, lectins protease inhibitors in horse gram. However, some of the antinutrients have also been projected as health-promoting factors having anticancerous and antioxidant properties. Here we review the major points about horse gram: (1) morphology and physiology, (2) cultivation (3) composition, (4) medical implications, (5) antinutritional factors and their processing. To enhance horse gram's utilization potential future research areas are highlighted. Also, an effort has been made to compile updated research activities conducted on horse gram from 1968 to 2013.

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Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Changes in Egypt

Cited by 71 publications

References 65 publications

Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

Environmental Nanoremediation under Changing Climate

Drought Stress Tolerant Horse Gram for Sustainable Agriculture

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