ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE - PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVE

With the lowest per capita arable land base in Africa, and with a rapi dly increasing population, sustainability of agriculture in Egypt has now become a critical issue. This paper discusses the critical sustain ability issues that need to be considered, and the important policy-re lated issues in the areas of land and water-resource management that m erit urgent attention, if the sustainability of Egyptian agriculture i n the 21st century is to be assured.