Major Crops and Water Scarcity in Egypt Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate /

• Main Author: Ouda, Samiha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Agriculture.; Climate Change.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This book includes multi-disciplinary quantifications of the effect of climate change on water requirements of wheat, maize, rice and sugarcane. Furthermore, it provides on-farm management that faces water scarcity under current situation and under climate change. Changing cultivation method (raised...

Table of Contents:

• Evapotranspiration under Changing Climate
• Water Requirements for Major Crops
• Significance of Reduction of Applied Irrigation Water to Wheat Crop
• Combating Adverse Consequences of Climate Change on Maize Crop.-High Water Consuming Crops under Control: Case of Rice Crop
• High Water Consuming Crops under Control: Case of Sugarcane Crop
• Unconventional solution to increase crop production under water scarcity
• Recommendations to Policy Makers to Face Water Scarcity.