A little off-topic but I thought that some visitors would find this story of interest.
ALONG THE Nile Delta’s many tributaries, life is good for Makram, a young farmer who is working the land that has been in his family for generations. But this could all change for him and the thousands of farmers who call Egypt’s fertile Delta home.
Climate change could irreversibly affect the northern Delta region, Environment Minister George Maged said told a parliamentary committee earlier this year. Government and independent analysts alike are warning that if action is not taken to curtail global warming and climate change, Egypt will be facing a disaster on unprecedented levels—one that could force people like Makram to relocate.
“I haven’t heard much about these issues,” Makram admitted, “but I believe that whatever happens, we will be okay because this is an important part of the country’s food sources.”
He pointed to the vast farmland that extends for miles. It is an impressive—and rare—expanse of green in Egypt, a land dominated by desert. But here in the Delta region, farming these lands has become more than a way of life.
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