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Table 6.1 The old and new cultivated areas of wheat, its production and required irrigation water
Old lands
New lands
Area
(000 ha)
Production
(000 ton)
WR
(BCM)
Area
(000 ha)
Production
(000 ton)
WR
(BCM)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
13.2
88.4
68.9
18.3
113.2
71.8
Behira
122.2
872.6
685.5
54.1
362.3
227.5
Gharbia
43.1
292.4
292.5
0
0
0
Kafr El
Sheikh
84.9
556.2
471.6
1.0
6.5
4.3
Dakahlia
72.2
571.1
400.2
6.5
50.7
27.2
Damietta
8.2
55.3
46.7
0.5
2.9
2.0
Sharkia
139.1
971.4
920.1
9.9
60.7
49.1
Ismailia
8.6
56.0
51.3
5.7
36.9
25.7
Port Said
0
0
0.0
5.0
34.5
21.5
Suez
1.9
11.9
11.5
0.4
2.5
1.9
Menoufia
50.7
389.9
295.3
0
0
0
Qalyubia
20.9
147.9
130.9
0
0
0
Cairo
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
564.9
4013.1
3374.5
101.5
670.2
431.0
Middle Egypt
Giza
15.0
118.8
90.0
2.4
16.3
10.7
Bani Sweif
46.4
332.6
310.9
3.6
23.2
17.9
Fayoum
75.2
487.1
533.8
1.7
10.1
9.3
Minya
91.7
658.0
666.5
4.5
27.1
24.5
Total
228.3
1596.4
1601.2
12.2
76.6
62.4
Upper Egypt
Assiut
80.5
583.9
642.4
7.4
45.5
44.1
Sohag
76.0
523.0
737.1
4.8
25.0
34.9
Qena
28.3
188.3
263.6
9.5
52.0
66.4
Luxor
6.6
44.1
64.9
6.5
35.7
47.9
Aswan
4.9
34.6
50.2
17.2
114.5
132.8
New Valley 0
0
0
63.5
385.6
412.1
Total
196.2
1373.9
1758.2
108.9
658.4
738.2
Bordered governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
0
0
0
3.9
22.6
16.7
North Sinai 0
0
0
1.0
1.2
4.0
South Sinai 0
0
0
0.5
2.0
3.1
Total
0
0
0
5.3
25.8
23.9
Grand total 989.5
6983.4
6733.8
227.9
1431.1
1255.4
WR water requirements, BCM Billion cubic meter
6 Wheat Insufficiency and Deficit Irrigation