Technological and Modern Irrigation Environment in Egypt, 1st ed. 2020 Best Management Practices & Evaluation Springer Water Series

This book gathers contributions on modern irrigation environments in Egypt from an environmental and agricultural perspective. Written by leading experts in the field, it discusses a wide variety of modern irrigation problems. In the context of water resources management in Egypt, one fundamental problem is the gap between growing water demand and limited supply. As such, improving irrigation systems and providing farmers with better control over water are crucial to increasing productivity.

An Overview of Modern Irrigation system in Egypt.- Irrigation: Water Resources, Types and Common Problems in Egypt.- Need for Irrigation System  Evaluation.- Evolution of irrigation system, tools and Technologies.- Smart Sensing System for Precision Irrigation.- Development of  Recent Information on Irrigation Technology and Management.

Prof. El-Sayed Ewis Omran is a professor of Soil Science (RS & GIS) at the Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Egypt. In June 1996 he obtained an MSc in soil science at Suez Canal University. From June 2003 he was studying at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Meanwhile, he also awarded an MSc in geo-information science at Wageningen University in May 2005. From June 2005 to June 2007, he was  affiliated as a  PhD research at the Center for Geo-Information and Remote Sensing of Wageningen University, The Netherlands. From 2017 until now, he works as Professor of soil pedology (RS& GIS) at the Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University. From 2018 until present, he was the Vice Dean for Community and Environmental Development, Institute of African Research and Studies and Nile Basin Countries. Aswan University. He participated in several international projects since 2007 until now. He published more than 60 papers in national and international journals and conferences and contributed in more than 20 chapters.. He is a reviewer for more than 20 scientific journals that indexed in Scopus and WoS. and associate editor of 5 journals. He is a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences and participated in more than 40 conferences and Workshops  as well..

Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a professor of Hydraulics  at the Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, since 2004. He got his PhD in 1992 from Zagazig University (ZU) and his Msc from Ain shams University in the year 1990. He was the vice dean of the Faculty of Engineering of ZU from 12/2008 to 12/2011 and was the head of the Environmental Engineering Dept. at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt, from october 2013 to March 2016. He participated in several international projects since 2006 until now. He published more than 300 papers in national and international journals and conferences