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Abstract
Egypt lie ill the northeastern corner of the African
continent and has a total area (about I million kill”. About 96%
of its total area i de err, end only 4% is agriculnrral land of the
ile Valley lind Della,
Eg}l’l population is estimated at 73.4 million (_004) with
an llvernge annual growth rate of LS percent, The rural
populanon is 58% of {he total population. Overall populanon
density i 3 inhabitants Iklll: however, with about 97% f all
people living in the Nile ’alley and Della, pepularion den it}’
mount to more than I J65 iuhabitams/knr’ wi rile in the de ens
the density DROP to only 1.2 inhabiran kni (fAO 2005).
Therefore, there is ever pressure and demand. di fated by the
growing population. on the limited area of agriculmeel land,
which is e rimated at about 7.2 million faddar . The demand of
this growing population for housiug, utilities, ervices and
infrastructure ha been readily taking away valuable acreages of
agricultural land. A loss estimated at Ute rate of about 0,000
acres per year. make this problem a very eJ.10US one if let
uncout oiled. Therefore, leud use patterns are cousr utly
cbanging, commonly wirhagriculrural land being converted to
urban \1 e.
Undoubtedly, the horizontal expansion in the cultivated
area is one of the Ulaj r aims of the agricultural policy of ,Egypt
to increase the cultivated buds in order to face {he seriou 0\’(:1-
population problem
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