Samiha Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry, Tahany Noreldin.
Cham :
Springer,
2018.
1 online resource (201 pages)
Intro; Contents; 1 Introductory Synopsis of the Natural Resources Involved in Food Production; Introduction; Soil Management for Higher Food Production; Water Management for Higher Food Production; Weather Manipulation for Higher Food Production; The Necessity of Crop Rotation; Climate Change Confine Food Production; References; 2 Irrigation Scheduling to Maximize Water Utilization of the Crop Rotation; Introduction; Methodology; Description of the Agro-climatic Zones of Egypt; Statistical Procedure; Validation of the ETo Time-Interval; Results and Discussion
Crop Rotation to Reduce Weed PopulationCrop Rotations in Egypt; Crop Rotation in the Second Agro-climatic Zone; Crop Rotation in the Fourth Agro-climatic Zone; Conclusion; References; 6 Crop Rotation Could Diminish Summer Feed Gap in Egypt; Introduction; Increasing the Cultivated Area of Fahl Clover and Cowpea; Increasing the Cultivated Area of Fahl Clover; Increasing the Cultivated Area of Cowpea; The Potential Total Added Area of Summer Forge; The Projected Cultivated Areas of the Studied Crops in 2030; The Projected Cultivated Area of Fahl Clover in 2030
Soil Physical PropertiesSoil Structure; Soil Water; Bulk Density; Soil Chemical Properties; Soil pH; Soil Electrical Conductivity and Cation Exchange Capacity; Soil Biological Properties; Soil Organic Matter; Soil Microbial Biomass; Crop Rotations in Egypt; Crop Rotation Under Rain-Fed Condition; Crop Rotations in the Agro-climatic Zones of Egypt; Crop Rotation in the Second Agro-climatic Zone; Crop Rotation in the Fourth Agro-climatic Zone; Conclusion; References; 5 Crop Rotation Defeats Pests and Weeds; Introduction; Pests and Diseases Control by Crop Rotation
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Weather ElementsSpatial and Temporal Variability of ETo; Coefficient of Determination Between Weather Elements and ETo; Deviation from the Mean Value of Seasonal ETo; Appropriate Values of ETo Time-Interval to Schedule Irrigation; Water Requirements for the Prevailing Crop Rotations; The Prevailing Crop Rotation in the First Agro-climatic Zone; The Prevailing Crop Rotation in the Second Agro-climatic Zone; The Prevailing Crop Rotation in the Third Agro-climatic Zone; The Prevailing Crop Rotation in the Fourth Agro-climatic Zone
The Prevailing Crop Rotation in the Fifth Agro-climatic ZoneConclusion; References; 3 Crop Rotation Increases Land Productivity; Introduction; Monoculture Versus Rotation; Raised Beds Versus Basin Cultivation; Monoculture Versus Intercropping; Cultivation of Three Crops Per Year; Effect of the Duration of Crop Rotation on Land Productivity; Crop Rotations in Egypt; Crop Rotations in the Rain-Fed Area in Egypt; Crop Rotations in the Agro-climatic Zones of Egypt; Crop Rotation in the Fourth Agro-climatic Zone; Conclusion; References; 4 Crop Rotation Maintains Soil Sustainability; Introduction
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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.
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Crop Rotation : An Approach to Secure Future Food.