Distribution strategiey of some crops in Egypt governorates by using water footprint analysis [electronic resource]
Language: English Summary language: Arabic Description: p.1737-1760Other title:- استراتيجية توزيع بعض المحاصيل في محافظات مصر باستخدام البصمة المائية [Added title page title]
- Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 2015 v.32 (4) [electronic resource].
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Egypt suffers from non-efficient irrigation water use and bad allocation of cropping areas among its governorates;, in addition to its shortage water problems. Water footprint refers to the volume of water used to produce the crop. Measured over the full planting time. Crops cultivated regardless of its water footprint which differ according to each governorate. Water footprint was conducted to enhance water use efficiency and recover water scarcity problems in Egypt. So in this study, total water footprint over the period from 2008 to 2012 was quantified for each governorate in Egypt for Rice, Maize and wheat crops from hydrological perspective. From results, it is recommended to plant Rice in Dakahlia, Kafr El-Sheikh and Damietta due to the lowest water footprint (1101.8, 1214.9 and 1280.3 m3/ton, respectively) and highest Rice yield However, it is more profitable to plant Maize in Dakahlia and Noubaria as they have the lowest values of water footprint (1227.4 and 1399.5 m3/ton, respectively) and highest yield.With respect to Wheat crop, it was found that ,the best governorates to be planted were Behera, Dakahlia, Damietta and KaferEl-shiekh where the values of water footprint were 1323.1. 1323.3, 1378.1 and 1387.1 m3/ton, respectively as the yield was high in the previous governorates.
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