?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4209%2F&rft.title=Egyptian+Agriculture+in+the+21st+Century&rft.creator=Rosenzweig%2C+C.&rft.creator=Hillel%2C+D.&rft.description=In+order+to+perform+a+proper%2C+integrated+assessment+of+potential+climate+change+impacts+on+Egypt+it+was+necessary+to+accurately+identify+important+and+impending+issues+and+problems+which+are+and+will+be+facing+the+Egyptian+agriculture+sector+into+the+next+century.+To+this+aim%2C+two+experts+in+the+fields+of+Agronomy+and+Irrigated+Agriculture+in+the+Middle+East+were+asked+to+travel+to+Egypt+in+order+to+assess+the+current+state+of+Egyptian+agriculture+and+pose+possible+questions+and+scenarios+that+will+face+Egypt+in+light+of+its+current+agricultural+practices+and+management+strategies.+The+paper+examines+two+possible+future+scenarios+for+Egypt%2C+one+from+a+non-climate+change+perspective+and+the+other+from+a+climate+change+outlook.+These+scenarios+are+derived+from+the+authors+perspective+of+the+current+state+of+Egyptian+agriculture.+One+viewpoint+is+that+of+the+pessimist%2C+where+Egypt+continues+to+practice+poor+agriculture+management%3B+the+other+is+that+of+the+optimist%2C+with+Egypt+adopting+sound+management+practices+-+adapting+its+cropping+pattern+and+water+use+practices.+Also+addressed+are+the+potential+impacts+of+climate+change+on+crop+yields+and+recommendations+for+agronomic+research+to+mitigate+its+potential+impact.&rft.publisher=CP-94-012&rft.date=1994-03&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4209%2F1%2FCP-94-012.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rosenzweig%2C+C.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1542.html%3E+%26+Hillel%2C+D.++(1994).++Egyptian+Agriculture+in+the+21st+Century.+++IIASA+Collaborative+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+CP-94-012+++++