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productivity increased under this system to be 80% of its sole planting, although
75% of its planting density was cultivated.
We assumed that 50% of the cultivated area with winter tomato will be assigned
to be use in implementing wheat intercropping system with winter tomato. Table 6.6
Table 6.6 Tomato cultivated area, assigned area to wheat intercropped with tomato and wheat
production
Tomato cultivated area
(000 ha)
Assigned area to wheat
(000 ha)
Wheat production
(000 ton)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
1.7
0.8
4.8
Behira
13.1
6.6
41.0
Gharbia
0.1
0.0
0.2
Kafr El
Sheikh
2.1
1.1
6.1
Dakahlia
1.4
0.7
4.8
Damietta
0.5
0.3
1.5
Sharkia
16.6
8.3
50.7
Ismailia
3.6
1.8
10.3
Port Said
0.3
0.1
0.8
Suez
0.7
0.3
1.9
Menoufia
0.2
0.1
0.8
Qalyubia
0.1
0.1
0.4
Cairo
0.02
0.01
0.001
Total
40.5
20.2
123.4
Middle Egypt
Giza
3.7
1.9
12.9
Bani Sweif
3.9
1.9
12.2
Fayoum
1.9
1.0
5.4
Minya
2.5
1.2
7.7
Total
12.0
6.0
38.2
Upper Egypt
Assiut
2.2
1.1
7.0
Sohag
4.7
2.3
14.0
Qena
1.2
0.6
3.5
Luxor
2.6
1.3
7.5
Aswan
0.3
0.2
1.1
New Valley
0.1
0.1
0.3
Total
11.1
5.5
33.3
Bordered governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
4.7
2.4
7.6
North Sinai
2.0
1.0
0.6
South Sinai
0.05
0.02
0.07
Red Sea
0
0
0
Total
6.8
3.4
8.3
Grand total
70.4
35.2
203.1
6 Wheat Insufficiency and Deficit Irrigation