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Introduction to “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt”

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This chapter introduces briefly the main technical components of the chapter presented in the book. The technical contents of the chapters are presented theme-wise arrangement. The book contains 25 chapters arranged under five themes to covers different topics associated with climate change impacts on agriculture and food security in Egypt.

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The editors who wrote this chapter would like to acknowledge the authors of the chapters for their efforts during the different phases of the book including their inputs in this chapter.

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Omran, ES.E., Negm, A.M. (2020). Introduction to “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt”. In: Ewis Omran, ES., Negm, A. (eds) Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Egypt. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41629-4_1

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