102
These water amounts will not use to cultivate new area with winter tomato. Thus,
the total cultivated area under raised beds and application of deficit irrigation will be
the same as the cultivated area using the traditional method, but its total production
will be increased to 3319.8 and 3156.4 million tons (Table 5.12), or by 6 and 1%,
compared to the production using the traditional method.
Table 5.11 Potential added cultivated area of winter tomato as a result of application of deficit
irrigation, total cultivated area and its total production
Added area
Total area (000 ha)
Total production
(000 ha)
(Old+new+added)
(000 ton)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
0.1
2.1
108.4
Behira
0.9
14.7
575.6
Gharbia
0
0.1
2.1
Kafr El Sheikh
0.2
2.8
118.1
Dakahlia
0.1
1.5
38.4
Damietta
0
0.7
10.8
Sharkia
1.2
20.3
1217.9
Ismailia
0.3
4.5
264.2
Port Said
0
0.3
4.2
Suez
0.1
0.9
35.1
Menoufia
0
0.3
13.1
Qalyubia
0
0.2
5.8
Cairo
0
0
0.6
Total
2.9
48.3
2394.3
Middle Egypt
Giza
0.3
4.8
235.7
Bani Sweif
0.3
4.4
199.6
Fayoum
0.1
2.5
100.6
Minya
0.2
3.0
144.2
Total
0.9
14.7
680.1
Upper Egypt
Assiut
0.2
2.6
103.2
Sohag
0.3
5.4
288.7
Qena
0.1
1.3
65.5
Luxor
0.2
2.9
143.0
Aswan
0
0.4
6.3
New Valley
0
0.1
2.7
Total
0.8
12.8
609.4
Bordered governorates
0.8
Marsa Matrouh
0.3
5.1
137.4
North Sinai
0.0
2.0
50.8
South Sinai
0.0
0.0
1.0
Total
0.3
7.1
189.1
Grand total
5.0
82.9
3873.0
S. Ouda et al.