Management of Climate Induced Drought and Water Scarcity in Egypt

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Samiha A. H. Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry

   Pages 1-4

3. Potential Evapotranspiration Under Present and Future Climate

   • Mostafa Morsy, Tarek El-Sayed, Samiha A. H. Ouda

   Pages 5-25

4. Rain Fed Areas in Egypt: Obstacles and Opportunities

   • Samiha A. H. Ouda, Tahany Noreldin, Alia Amer

   Pages 27-46

5. Crops Intensification to Face Climate Induced Water Scarcity in Nile Delta Region

   • Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha A. H. Ouda

   Pages 47-62

6. Upper Egypt: Management of High Water Consumption Crops by Intensification

   • Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha A. H. Ouda

   Pages 63-76

7. Combating Deterioration in Salt-Affected Soil in Egypt by Crop Rotations

   • Samiha A. H. Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Hamdy Khalifa

   Pages 77-96

8. General Conclusion

   • Samiha A. H. Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry

   Pages 97-100

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 irrigationwater under present climate conditions and to help meet the anticipated demand under climate change conditions.

• Climate Change
• RCP6.0 from CCSM4 Model
• Rain Fed Agriculture
• Field and Fruit Crops
• Irrigated Agriculture
• Changing Crops Sequence
• Intercropping
• Irrigation Water Saving Under Surface Irrigation
• Crops Structure Under Climate Change
• WRF-RCM Regional Climate Model
• Management of Salt-affected Soil
• Crop Rotations in Salt-affected Soil
• climate change impacts
• water policy
• meteorology

• Soils, Water, & Environment Research Ins, Water Req & Field Irrigation Res Dept., Giza, Egypt

  Samiha A.H. Ouda

• Crops Intesefication Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

  Abd El-Hafeez Zohry

Samiha Ouda is a professor at the Soils, Water, and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt; and has a  background in agricultural economics, statistics and crop physiology. Professor Ouda has an impressive publication history of 64 papers and 2 book chapters on yield prediction using empirical models or simulation models, water stress mitigation, irrigation modeling under deficit irrigation and saline conditions, and assessing the impact of climate change on crops and farm net revenue. In 2006, Professor Ouda developed a simulation model called Yield-Stress for irrigation scheduling and prediction of yield and consumptive use of a number of crops under water, salinity and heat stresses.

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