In the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications International Workshop Mediterranean Challenges : Resilient Agricultural Systems in a Changing Climate

Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mona Mahmoud Abdel Latif, Director of the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, the city organized an international workshop entitled "Mediterranean Challenges: Resilient Agricultural Systems in a Changing Climate"...

Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mona Mahmoud Abdel Latif, Director of the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, the city organized an international workshop entitled “Mediterranean Challenges: Resilient Agricultural Systems in a Changing Climate” within the activities of the research project (Innovative and Resilient Agricultural Systems in Mediterranean Environments) funded by the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean (PRIMA) through the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and with the support of the Union for the Mediterranean, headed by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rashad Abdel Fattah, Deputy Director of the City for Scientific and Research Affairs (Principal Investigator of the Project), on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at the city’s headquarters in New Borg El Arab City, This was attended by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Bahi El-Din, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University (Shatby), Dr. Sami Zaki Mohamed, Researcher at the Institute of Arid Land Agriculture in the city (the project’s alternate researcher and workshop coordinator), Prof. Dr. Yasser Refaat, Research Professor at the city and former Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Scientific Research Affairs, and the deans of research institutes, members of the research body and their assistants in the city, and with the attendance and participation of many faculty members, researchers and students from El Alamein University, Alexandria University (Faculty of Agriculture – Shatby), and many universities and research centers with posters for display at the workshop. Professor / Mona Mahmoud Abdel Latif to work specifically within the framework of scientific research to reach agricultural development and work to achieve food security enhance the ability to withstand climate change, and achieve an overview of the axis of national science, technology, and innovation 2030, especially agriculture and food, as it is one of the most important of its various axes that combat desertification and end the stress in general on working lands and caused the exploitation of lands thanks to working independently on the phenomenon of desertification and the decrease in agricultural lands, studying climate change and avoiding the impact on working well on farming lands and improving water better The quality of land products, as well as achieving the national axes of higher education and private science, the sustainability axis, as Professor Dr. / Mona Mahmoud Abdel Latif and happiness attended the poster exhibition participating in the workshop. The workshop was opened with a presentation by Dr. Sami Zaki Mohamed entitled “Transition to Resilient Agricultural and Environmental Systems.” The presentation began with an explanation of the project’s objectives and its relationship to designing resilient agricultural and environmental systems in Mediterranean environments, which are considered among the areas most facing the challenges of climate change and drought. Then, the importance of social participation in collecting workers’ opinions in the agricultural sector and integrating these opinions and proposals to reach the best design for agricultural and environmental systems based on practical and research experiences was presented. The importance of developing business models was also presented, which were developed through the project’s work to link the actual output of the project to the market, in addition to presenting the environmental policy document that was designed with the participation of all project members to show it to decision-makers in governments and member states. Dr. Mai Khader, a researcher at the Institute of Arid Land Agriculture in the city (a researcher in the project), gave a lecture entitled “Carbon Agriculture: The Future of Resilient Agricultural Systems in Arid Areas,” where she presented a presentation on the philosophical differences between traditional, organic and carbon agricultural systems, with a presentation of the most important results of field experiments designed as agricultural systems resilient to climate change, which were implemented through the project. Dr. Moataz Hassan Khalil, a researcher at the city’s Informatics Institute, explained in the lecture the importance of analyzing big data on temperatures and seasonal climate change on the northwest coast, where significant changes in air temperature over the past 23 years were revealed seasonally and their impact on the environment. In the same context, Dr. Anwar Hegazy, from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, gave a lecture entitled “Geothermal Energy for Sustainable Greenhouse Farming in Arid Areas.” In it, he presented the ability of geothermal energy to provide the energy used to cool greenhouses and, thus, its effect on reducing irrigation rates. Dr. Hajar Saeed Abdel Rabbo, Assistant Research Professor at the Institute of Arid Land Agriculture in the city, also reviewed new research lines that measure climate changes on agriculture from its beginning to the intestines through a lecture entitled “The Impact of Climate Change on the Human Intestine through Food Systems.” Eng. Sherif Mohamed, Industrial Research and Development Consultant, explained the importance of converting engineering research designs into climate change measurement systems through a lecture entitled “Machinery Construction and Climate Change Challenges.” At the end of the workshop, a discussion session was held, chaired by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rashad Abdel Fattah and the membership of (Professor Dr. Mohamed Bahi El-Din, Dr. Sami Zaki Mohamed, Eng. Sherif Mohamed). The session covered four axes: Multidisciplinary cooperation under the umbrella of climate change. Recommendations for public policies to build capacity for climate adaptation. The role of technology in climate change adaptation. Challenges and opportunities for achieving sustainable development.

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