Challenges in resource management in rainfed agriculture in wadi ghamish,north western coastal region, egypt

Abstract EN

Planning for sustainable management of the existing agro-pastoral production systems in the North Western, NW coastal region of Egypt is the challenge of effectively integrating in a practical, cost effective manner a wide range of necessary formally and informally gathered quantitative and qualitative biophysical and socio-economic information.

For an area on the NW Coast, data derived from remote sensing imagery are combined with topographic information and geo-referenced field data in a comprehensive GIS database to provide the biophysical inputs to models of Bedouin production decisions based on local knowledge and management systems under series of climatic scenarios.

The study identifies the state of the environmental constraints of climate, soil, water, and rangeland and the human coping strategies of the agro pastoral production systems at a representative watershed, NW Coast of Egypt.

The study outputs could support sustainable land and water management and participatory agricultural development process in rainfed agriculture of Egypt.