ASR Advances in Science and Research ASR Adv. Sci. Res. 1992-0636 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/asr-3-123-2009 Possible adaptation measures of agriculture sector in the Nile Delta to climate change impacts Attaher S. M. 1 Medany M. A. 1 Abou-Hadid A. F. 2 Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt 13 10 2009 3 1 123 126 Copyright: © 2009 S. M. Attaher et al. 2009 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://asr.copernicus.org/articles/3/123/2009/asr-3-123-2009.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://asr.copernicus.org/articles/3/123/2009/asr-3-123-2009.pdf

The overall agricultural system in the Nile Delta region is considered as one of the highest intensive and complicated agriculture systems in the world. According to the recent studies, the Nile Delta region is one of the highly vulnerable regions in the world to climate change. Sea level rise, soil and water degradation, undiversified crop-pattern, yield reduction, pests and disease severity, and irrigation and drainage management were the main key factors that increased vulnerability of the agriculture sector in that region. The main objective of this study is to conduct a community-based multi-criteria adaptation assessment in the Nile Delta using a preset questionnaire. A list of possible adaptation measures for agriculture sector was evaluated. The results indicated that the Nile Delta growers have strong perceptions to act positively to reduce the impacts of climate change. They reflected the need to improve the their adaptive capacity based on clear scientific message with adequate governmental support to coop with the negative impacts of climate change.

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