Springer Agro-Environmental Sustainability in MENA Regions (Springer Water)

This book focuses on the status quo and the latest information on the water-soil-agriculture nexus in the MENA countries. It presents several case studies and applications from e.g. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, while also sharing and discussing the latest findings. The content includes a range of agriculture-related topics that focus on: water resources management, impacts of climate change, and wastewater treatment for reuse in agriculture sectors; in addition, sustainable approaches to agricultural-based industry, organic crop production, crop water requirements, and soil environment are discussed in an updated and comprehensive review. In turn, the book discusses the applications of GIS and remote sensing as a new technology for better agriculture management, as well as its use in Egypt as a representative country. In closing, it considers the implementation of an environmental information system in data-scarce MENA countries from the standpoint of the water-food nexus, and addresses the question of climate justice in the MENA region. Exploring various dimensions of MENA country-based case studies on achieving sustainable agriculture, the book offers an invaluable source of topical information for agricultural sustainability-related stakeholders in the region, researchers and graduate students alike. From the Back Cover This book focuses on the status quo and the latest information on the water-soil-agriculture nexus in MENA region countries. It presents several case studies and applications from e.g. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, while also sharing and discussing the latest findings. The content includes a range of agriculture-related topics that focus on: water resources management, impacts of climate change, and wastewater treatment for reuse in agriculture sectors; in addition, sustainable approaches to agricultural-based industry, organic crop production, crop water requirements, and soil environment are discussed in an updated and comprehensive review. In turn, the book discusses the applications of GIS and remote sensing as a new technology for better agriculture management, as well as its use in Egypt as a representative country. In closing, it considers the implementation of an environmental information system in data-scarce MENA countries from the standpoint of the water-food nexus, and addresses the question of climate justice in the MENA region. Exploring various dimensions of MENA country-based case studies on achieving sustainable agriculture, the book offers an invaluable source of topical information for agricultural sustainability-related stakeholders in the region, researchers and graduate students alike. About the Author Dr. Mohamed Abu-hashim is the contact person and the Associate partner of EXCEED - SWINDON - Middle East North Africa program "International Network on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in Developing Countries. Dr. Abuhashim is the manager of Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and the Director of Project Management Unit, Faculty Agriculture, Zagazig University. Dr. Abu-hashim received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resource Management from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, TU-Braunschweig, Germany His main subject Agriculture Engineering with a good background of hydrology modelling, Geoecology. Subsidiary subjects: water resource management, environmental risk assessment,  and soil sciences. Currently, Dr. Abu-hashim works in several national and international projects; Director and the coordinator of the international afforestation project in MENA region.  Dr. Faiza Khebour Allouche is an associate professor at the High Institute of Agronomic Sciences (ISA-CM), Sousse university, since December 2009. She got PhD degree in 2007,  from the Mirail Toulouse2 University, Toulouse, France.  In the field of  Geography and management-Landscape and Environment.  Her pri