Samiha A.H. Ouda – författare

This book informs about meeting the growing demand for food while preserving soil, water, and environmental quality remains one of the most pressing challenges for modern agriculture. Cropping systems that harness natural ecological processes offer an effective pathway toward resilient and resource-efficient production. Leguminous crops play a key role in this transition by improving soil fertility, enhancing nutrient cycling, and strengthening the stability of agricultural systems under climate stress.This book demonstrates how the integration of legumes into cropping systems can enhance multiple agroecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, climate regulation, soil conservation, and biological pest control. Drawing on scientific evidence and field-based examples—particularly from Egyptian agroecosystems—it highlights practical strategies such as intercropping, crop rotation, and cover cropping that improve productivity while reducing reliance on external inputs.

The book contains suggestion on suitable crop rotations for salt-affected soils to maximize the productivity of lands and water under current climate and under climate change in 2030. This book discusses droughts and water scarcity, which are important issues related to natural phenomena and affected by climate variability and change. It calls for reassessing the prevailing crop structure in Egypt under rain fed irrigation in North Egypt and under surface irrigation in the Nile Delta and Valley.Droughts affect rain fed agriculture, while water scarcity affects irrigated agriculture. The book investigates proposals for improving crop structure in these areas, taking into account the sustainability of water and soil resources. Further, it explores improved management options for crop production in both rain fed and irrigated agriculture. Lastly, it examines suggestions on more rational use of irrigation water in irrigated agriculture to conserve irrigationwater under present climate conditions and to help meet the anticipated demand under climate change conditions.