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Table 5.8 The old and new cultivated areas of winter tomato, its production and required irrigation
water
Old lands
New lands
Area
Production
WR
Area
Production WR
(000 ha)
(000 ton)
(MCM)
(000 ha)
(000 ton)
(MCM)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
1.1
54.2
6.1
0.6
26.6
2.3
Behira
2.1
70.1
11.8
11.0
440.1
45.4
Gharbia
0.1
1.5
0.4
0
0
0
Kafr El Sheikh
2.1
80.1
11.8
0
0.6
0.1
Dakahlia
0.2
5.5
1.1
1.2
28.4
4.8
Damietta
0.5
7.7
2.9
0
0
0
Sharkia
9.0
512.3
56.3
7.6
431.9
35.5
Ismailia
2.4
131.4
12.5
1.3
66.2
5.0
Port Said
0
0
0
0.3
4.2
1.2
Suez
0.5
15.4
2.7
0.2
11.2
1.0
Menoufia
0.04
1.6
0.2
0.2
10.0
0.8
Qalyubia
0.1
4.2
0.7
0
0
0
Cairo
0.01
0.2
0
0.01
0.3
0.04
Total
18.1
884.2
106.6
22.3
1019.4
96.1
Middle Egypt
Giza
3.1
143.7
16.3
0.7
24.5
2.7
Bani Sweif
0.7
32.7
3.9
3.2
141.6
13.8
Fayoum
1.6
60.1
9.7
0.3
11.2
1.4
Minya
1.6
67.3
9.8
0.9
41.6
4.2
Total
6.9
303.8
39.7
5.1
218.8
22.1
Upper Egypt
Assiut
1.0
36.3
6.7
1.2
46.4
6.5
Sohag
1.5
74.3
11.9
3.2
167.0
18.7
Qena
0.2
10.0
1.7
1.0
47.5
6.5
Luxor
0.5
29.1
4.8
2.0
93.8
13.2
Aswan
0.03
0.4
0.3
0.3
5.3
2.3
New Valley
0
0
0
0.1
2.5
0.7
Total
3.2
150.2
25.4
7.9
362.4
48.0
Bordered governorates
Marsa Matrouh
0
0
0
4.7
128.4
18.3
North Sinai
0
0
0
2.0
50.8
8.3
South Sinai
0
0
0
0.05
1.0
0.2
Total
0
0
0
6.8
180.2
26.8
Grand total
28.3
1338.2
171.6
42.1
1780.9
192.8
WR water requirements, MCM million cubic meter
S. Ouda et al.