100
Table 5.9 Total cultivated area of winter tomato, its production and required irrigation water
Area
Production
Water requirements
(000 ha)
(000 ton)
(MCM)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
1.7
80.9
8.5
Behira
13.1
510.3
57.2
Gharbia
0.1
1.5
0.4
Kafr El Sheikh
2.1
80.7
11.9
Dakahlia
1.4
33.8
5.9
Damietta
0.5
7.7
2.9
Sharkia
16.6
944.1
91.7
Ismailia
3.6
197.6
17.5
Port Said
0.3
4.2
1.18
Suez
0.7
26.6
3.7
Menoufia
0.2
11.6
1.0
Qalyubia
0.1
4.2
0.7
Cairo
0.02
0.5
0.1
Total
40.5
1903.6
202.6
Middle Egypt
Giza
3.7
168.1
19.0
Bani Sweif
3.9
174.3
17.8
Fayoum
1.9
71.3
11.0
Minya
2.5
108.9
14.0
Total
12.0
522.6
61.7
Upper Egypt
Assiut
2.2
82.8
13.2
Sohag
4.7
241.3
30.6
Qena
1.2
57.5
8.2
Luxor
2.6
122.9
18.0
Aswan
0.3
5.7
2.6
New Valley
0.1
2.5
0.7
Total
11.1
512.6
73.3
Bordered governorates
Marsa Matrouh
4.7
128.4
18.3
North Sinai
2.0
50.8
8.3
South Sinai
0.05
1.0
0.2
Total
6.8
180.2
26.8
Grand total
70.4
3119.1
364.4
WR water requirements, MCM billion cubic meter
S. Ouda et al.