Biotechnology research is promoted in Egypt through national research institutes. The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) is the principal institute responsible for biotechnology research programme development across all sectors. The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has ...

This chapter describes the contributions of ICARDA to lentil genetic resource management, pre-breeding research, and cultivar development research of the national agricultural research systems (NARS) in areas such as China, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan and Sudan. Human resources ...

This paper provides information on the different benefits from the forests in Egypt, estimated based on the total economic value framework, which are described in terms of: forest resources (area and people, typologies, and functions); institutional aspects (ownership and size of properties, and...

In this chapter, the key Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme (NCCSAP) project members of most countries involved in the NCCSAP or the pre-NCCSAP studies summarize the results of the studies in their own words. These countries include Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana,...

In this chapter, the technical consultants compare the Netherlands Climatic Change Studies Assistance Programme results in all countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Suriname, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe) sector by sector. They summarize the main...

This chapter focuses on the issue of veiling (the wearing of Islamic dress) in the Egyptian employment context, particularly in travel agencies. It begins by providing a brief history of the veil and an overview of its significance in Islamic societies. The attention then shifts to explore the role ...

This chapter assesses the impact of terrorism on tourism in the USA and other countries (Greece, Italy, the UK, Israel, Egypt, Turkey) by use of the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model. Results indicate that: (1) incidents of terrorism exert an effect on the tourism sector for each of the...

This chapter focuses on the establishment of an intellectual property rights (IPR) infrastructure in Egypt, through the support of the USAID-funded Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project. The IPR infrastructure was designed particularly for agricultural biotechnology to enable the development...

At present, praziquantel is the only antischistosomal drug available for the treatment of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that affects over 200 million people in the tropics and subtropics. However, a number of medicinal plants, such as artemether, artesunate (artemisinins), cyclosporin and...

This chapter focuses on the pharmacology of select herbals, mainly from the Egyptian flora, that hold promise as radiomodulatory drugs. These radioprotective herbs include: Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Ambrosia maritima, Myristica fragrans and Rosmarinus...