Potential Climate Change Impacts
on Livestock and Food Security Nexus
in Egypt
Tarik S. K. M. Rabie
Abstract Climate on earth has changed ordinarily amid the presence of our planet,
going from the ice ages to times of warmth. During the most recent quite a few
years increments in average air temperatures have been accounted for and associated consequences for atmosphere have been debated widely in an assortment of
discussions. Because of its significance around the world, agriculture was one of the
first divisions to be contemplated as far as potential effects of climate change. The
agriculture was the key advancement in the ascending of current human civilization,
whereby developing of domesticated species (Poultry and ranch creatures) produced
sustenance which is fundamental for the practicality of the development. Nowadays, great awareness and concern for problems related to environmental quality,
and human welfare, which are propagating at standalone terms subjected every day
for debates and discussions such as climate change, biodiversity, soil fertility corrosion and beyond all food quality and pollution. Domesticated animals are the real
consumers of water yet additionally support a considerable number of pastoralist and
farmers’ families. In Egypt where water is a scarce item, there is a requirement for
strategies to enhance livestock productivity. The complexity of the problems raised
a combined with the heating of the global which called “Heat Stress” as a result of
global climate changes, and the unlikelihood about numerous essential information
regularly make discourses uncertain; even indication issued by scientific specialists
are now and then misleading, and the problems are exacerbated by the continuous
influence of ideological positions. A great net interaction gathering impact of climate
change on soil, water, population growth, and energy, where more administrative
and non-legislative tasks expected to supply farmers with high-quality seeds, highquality forage with sufficient amount for animals, and veterinary administrations. In
this way, thinking about the decent variety of farming frameworks, one rural strategy
won’t fit all farmers’ classifications. Additionally, administrative and non-legislative
administrations ought to be contemplated by the district and the season.
Keywords Climate change · Farm animal · Poultry · Genetic resources
T. S. K. M. Rabie (B)
Poultry Breeding & Genetics, Animal Production and Fish Resources Department,
Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
e-mail: tarik.rabie@agr.suez.edu.eg
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E.-S. E. Omran and A. M. Negm (eds.), Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food
Security in Egypt, Springer Water, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41629-4_17
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on Livestock and Food Security Nexus
in Egypt
Tarik S. K. M. Rabie
Abstract Climate on earth has changed ordinarily amid the presence of our planet,
going from the ice ages to times of warmth. During the most recent quite a few
years increments in average air temperatures have been accounted for and associated consequences for atmosphere have been debated widely in an assortment of
discussions. Because of its significance around the world, agriculture was one of the
first divisions to be contemplated as far as potential effects of climate change. The
agriculture was the key advancement in the ascending of current human civilization,
whereby developing of domesticated species (Poultry and ranch creatures) produced
sustenance which is fundamental for the practicality of the development. Nowadays, great awareness and concern for problems related to environmental quality,
and human welfare, which are propagating at standalone terms subjected every day
for debates and discussions such as climate change, biodiversity, soil fertility corrosion and beyond all food quality and pollution. Domesticated animals are the real
consumers of water yet additionally support a considerable number of pastoralist and
farmers’ families. In Egypt where water is a scarce item, there is a requirement for
strategies to enhance livestock productivity. The complexity of the problems raised
a combined with the heating of the global which called “Heat Stress” as a result of
global climate changes, and the unlikelihood about numerous essential information
regularly make discourses uncertain; even indication issued by scientific specialists
are now and then misleading, and the problems are exacerbated by the continuous
influence of ideological positions. A great net interaction gathering impact of climate
change on soil, water, population growth, and energy, where more administrative
and non-legislative tasks expected to supply farmers with high-quality seeds, highquality forage with sufficient amount for animals, and veterinary administrations. In
this way, thinking about the decent variety of farming frameworks, one rural strategy
won’t fit all farmers’ classifications. Additionally, administrative and non-legislative
administrations ought to be contemplated by the district and the season.
Keywords Climate change · Farm animal · Poultry · Genetic resources
T. S. K. M. Rabie (B)
Poultry Breeding & Genetics, Animal Production and Fish Resources Department,
Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
e-mail: tarik.rabie@agr.suez.edu.eg
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
E.-S. E. Omran and A. M. Negm (eds.), Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food
Security in Egypt, Springer Water, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41629-4_17
423