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Record Nr.

UNINA9910768443103321

Autore

Ouda Samiha

Titolo

Crop Rotation : An Approach to Secure Future Food / / by Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Tahany Noreldin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-030-05351-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Disciplina

631.582

Soggetti

Agriculture

Environmental health

Climatic changes

Water and Health

Climate Change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introductory Synopsis of the Natural Resources Involved in Food Production -- Chapter 2: Irrigation Scheduling to Maximize Water Utilization of the Crop Rotation -- Chapter 3: Crop Rotation Increases Land Productivity -- Chapter 4: Crop Rotation Maintains Soil Sustainability -- Chapter 5: Crop Rotation Defeats Pests and Weeds -- Chapter 6: Crop Rotation Could Diminish Summer Feed Gap in Egypt -- Chapter 7: Crop Rotation and Edible Oil Production-Consumption Gap in Egypt -- Chapter 8: Suggested Crop Rotations to Increase Food Security and Reduce Water Scarcity -- Chapter 9: Crop Rotation Could Alleviate Climate Change Damage.

Sommario/riassunto

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.