Crop Rotation: An Approach to Secure Future Food

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introductory Synopsis of the Natural Resources Involved in Food Production (Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry)....Pages 1-10 Irrigation Scheduling to Maximize Water Utilization of the Crop Rotation (Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Tahany Noreldin)....Pages 11-38 Crop Rotation Increases Land Productivity (Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha Ouda)....Pages 39-54 Crop Rotation Maintains Soil Sustainability (Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Tahany Noreldin)....Pages 55-76 Crop Rotation Defeats Pests and Weeds (Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha Ouda)....Pages 77-88 Crop Rotation Could Diminish Summer Feed Gap in Egypt (Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha Ouda)....Pages 89-109 Crop Rotation and Edible Oil Production–Consumption Gap in Egypt (Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha Ouda)....Pages 111-136 Suggested Crop Rotations to Increase Food Security and Reduce Water Scarcity (Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Samiha Ouda)....Pages 137-162 Crop Rotation Could Alleviate Climate Change Damage (Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry)....Pages 163-192 Back Matter ....Pages 193-194