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E.-S. E. Omran and A. M. Negm
– Climate change affects and is affected by all countries, but its treatment must
begin with the actions of individuals, which require the provision of appropriate
means of awareness in urban communities.
– Gardeners should not lose sight of the importance of reducing water
consumption, at least through selecting C4 and CAM plants for their low
water needs. Taking into consideration their environmental importance and their
efficiency in eliminating greenhouse gases.
– Reduces climate change as urban agriculture contributes to the prevention of
the over-heating of city environments (Urban Heat Islands).
– Gardens are one of the maximum valuable legacies that we can go away for
future generations.
• Livestock, fishery, and aquaculture.
– Selection and production of disease and parasite resistant chicken, for an
example, will assist in decreasing the dependency on drugs and medication,
which will reduce chemicals in animal products and the environment and good
animal welfare.
– Creating of the Egyptian Indigenous Chicken Center “EICC” will be
recommended, which will help the rural community to be able to buy cockerels
from superior indigenous strains for upgrading their stock.
– EICC will produce seed stock for different species of birds that will be distributed
to farmers in the villages. This will directly contribute to improved village
poultry production and diversity, resulting in increased animal protein intake
among smallholders.
– The incorporates poultry production within existing farming systems, and then
ensure a sustainable contribution to stable food security.
– The smallholder will subsequently profit by the combination of various
species nutritiously, socially and economically, this will lead to sustainable
conservation, management, improvement, and utilization of indigenous poultry
genetic resources.
– Increase agricultural research budget, especially research related to the
production and development of adaptable varieties to climate change, like saltresistant varieties, heat-resistant varieties, short-lived varieties, and water-saving
varieties and spending on improving animal breeds.
• Socioeconomic impacts.
– To counter land fragmentation, which is a main cause of urban expansion on
agricultural land, the role of the agricultural cooperatives should be enhanced.
Agricultural cooperatives should make sure that agricultural land—especially
small land plots—is cultivated as one big plot to allow farmers to benefit from
the economies of scale. This, in turn, would improve farmers’ well-being and
reduce the need to transform agricultural land into urban land.
– There is a need to prepare farmers to deal with climate change to reduce its
potential negative impacts on agriculture through the application of adaptation
measures that would improve farmers’ resilience.
E.-S. E. Omran and A. M. Negm
– Climate change affects and is affected by all countries, but its treatment must
begin with the actions of individuals, which require the provision of appropriate
means of awareness in urban communities.
– Gardeners should not lose sight of the importance of reducing water
consumption, at least through selecting C4 and CAM plants for their low
water needs. Taking into consideration their environmental importance and their
efficiency in eliminating greenhouse gases.
– Reduces climate change as urban agriculture contributes to the prevention of
the over-heating of city environments (Urban Heat Islands).
– Gardens are one of the maximum valuable legacies that we can go away for
future generations.
• Livestock, fishery, and aquaculture.
– Selection and production of disease and parasite resistant chicken, for an
example, will assist in decreasing the dependency on drugs and medication,
which will reduce chemicals in animal products and the environment and good
animal welfare.
– Creating of the Egyptian Indigenous Chicken Center “EICC” will be
recommended, which will help the rural community to be able to buy cockerels
from superior indigenous strains for upgrading their stock.
– EICC will produce seed stock for different species of birds that will be distributed
to farmers in the villages. This will directly contribute to improved village
poultry production and diversity, resulting in increased animal protein intake
among smallholders.
– The incorporates poultry production within existing farming systems, and then
ensure a sustainable contribution to stable food security.
– The smallholder will subsequently profit by the combination of various
species nutritiously, socially and economically, this will lead to sustainable
conservation, management, improvement, and utilization of indigenous poultry
genetic resources.
– Increase agricultural research budget, especially research related to the
production and development of adaptable varieties to climate change, like saltresistant varieties, heat-resistant varieties, short-lived varieties, and water-saving
varieties and spending on improving animal breeds.
• Socioeconomic impacts.
– To counter land fragmentation, which is a main cause of urban expansion on
agricultural land, the role of the agricultural cooperatives should be enhanced.
Agricultural cooperatives should make sure that agricultural land—especially
small land plots—is cultivated as one big plot to allow farmers to benefit from
the economies of scale. This, in turn, would improve farmers’ well-being and
reduce the need to transform agricultural land into urban land.
– There is a need to prepare farmers to deal with climate change to reduce its
potential negative impacts on agriculture through the application of adaptation
measures that would improve farmers’ resilience.