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Potential Climate Change Impacts on Livestock and Food Security Nexus in Egypt

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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt

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Climate on earth has changed ordinarily amid the presence of our planet, going from the ice ages to times of warmth. During the most recent quite a few years increments in average air temperatures have been accounted for and associated consequences for atmosphere have been debated widely in an assortment of discussions. Because of its significance around the world, agriculture was one of the first divisions to be contemplated as far as potential effects of climate change. The agriculture was the key advancement in the ascending of current human civilization, whereby developing of domesticated species (Poultry and ranch creatures) produced sustenance which is fundamental for the practicality of the development. Nowadays, great awareness and concern for problems related to environmental quality, and human welfare, which are propagating at standalone terms subjected every day for debates and discussions such as climate change, biodiversity, soil fertility corrosion and beyond all food quality and pollution. Domesticated animals are the real consumers of water yet additionally support a considerable number of pastoralist and farmers’ families. In Egypt where water is a scarce item, there is a requirement for strategies to enhance livestock productivity. The complexity of the problems raised a combined with the heating of the global which called “Heat Stress” as a result of global climate changes, and the unlikelihood about numerous essential information regularly make discourses uncertain; even indication issued by scientific specialists are now and then misleading, and the problems are exacerbated by the continuous influence of ideological positions. A great net interaction gathering impact of climate change on soil, water, population growth, and energy, where more administrative and non-legislative tasks expected to supply farmers with high-quality seeds, high-quality forage with sufficient amount for animals, and veterinary administrations. In this way, thinking about the decent variety of farming frameworks, one rural strategy won’t fit all farmers’ classifications. Additionally, administrative and non-legislative administrations ought to be contemplated by the district and the season.

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    In 1929, there was a treaty between Egypt and Britain securing the water share of Egypt and Sudan (that was part of the Egyptian Kingdom) to be about 84 BCM. In 1959, the 84 BCM were divided between Egypt and Sudan, where Egypt received 55.5 BCM and Sudan 18.5 BCM and about 10 BCM were estimated as the annual water loss due to evaporation.

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Rabie, T.S.K.M. (2020). Potential Climate Change Impacts on Livestock and Food Security Nexus in Egypt. In: Ewis Omran, ES., Negm, A. (eds) Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41629-4_17

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