For centuries, the Nile delta has been Egypt's bread-basket, a major source of sustenance for most of the country's 80 million people.<br /><br />But today the delta - located on Egypt's northern coast, where the Nile river meets the Mediterranean sea, is facing rising sea levels that are drying out swaths of farmland.<br /><br />Some are calling it an economic disaster that could eventually lead to widespread hunger in Egypt. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from the Nile Delta under growing threats.<br /><br />[March 21, 2010]
