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This book tackles the issue of using crop rotation to increase food
production and secure it for the growing population of the future.
Crop rotation can be a solution of food gaps in the developing
counties. Crop rotation plays an important role in attaining soil
sustainability and in controlling pests and weeds. It can alleviate
damage caused by climate change by reducing losses in productivity
of the crops, minimizing soil fertility loss and increase
irrigation water productivity. This book also includes the reviews
of a large number of crop rotations that have been published
internationally, and additionally, the crop rotations that have
been implemented in Egypt have a unique characteristic to them and
therefore, a large number of those reviews have also been included.
The book contains suggestion on suitable crop rotations for
salt-affected soils to maximize the productivity of lands and water
under current climate and under climate change in 2030. This book
discusses droughts and water scarcity, which are important issues
related to natural phenomena and affected by climate variability
and change. It calls for reassessing the prevailing crop structure
in Egypt under rain fed irrigation in North Egypt and under surface
irrigation in the Nile Delta and Valley. Droughts affect rain fed
agriculture, while water scarcity affects irrigated agriculture.
The book investigates proposals for improving crop structure in
these areas, taking into account the sustainability of water and
soil resources. Further, it explores improved management options
for crop production in both rain fed and irrigated agriculture.
Lastly, it examines suggestions on more rational use of irrigation
water in irrigated agriculture to conserve irrigation water under
present climate conditions and to help meet the anticipated demand
under climate change conditions.
This book tackles the main feature of water-smart, soil-smart and
crop-smart practices and their integration to sustainably enhance
food production. The book includes some insights on the
implications of using climate-smart practices in irrigated and
rain-fed agriculture, and suggests approaches to eradicate the
negative effects of water scarcity, climate variability and climate
change. The book reviews the most important crops resilient to
climate variability and their resistance to other biotic and
abiotic stresses, and contains the existing practices in Egypt that
achieved the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture
This book tackles the main feature of water-smart, soil-smart and
crop-smart practices and their integration to sustainably enhance
food production. The book includes some insights on the
implications of using climate-smart practices in irrigated and
rain-fed agriculture, and suggests approaches to eradicate the
negative effects of water scarcity, climate variability and climate
change. The book reviews the most important crops resilient to
climate variability and their resistance to other biotic and
abiotic stresses, and contains the existing practices in Egypt that
achieved the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture
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