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Table 6.9 Fruit trees cultivated area, assigned area to wheat intercropped under Fruit trees and
wheat production
Fruit trees cultivated area
(000 ha)
Assigned area to wheat
(000 ha)
Wheat production
(000 ton)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
4.7
0.8
5.5
Behira
282.3
45.2
352.5
Gharbia
11.1
1.8
13.2
Kafr El
Sheikh
2.9
0.5
3.3
Dakahlia
5.7
0.9
7.9
Damietta
3.4
0.5
4.0
Sharkia
49.4
7.9
60.3
Ismailia
79.8
12.8
91.1
Port Said
0.1
0.02
0.2
Suez
11.0
1.8
12.4
Menoufia
29.9
4.8
40.1
Qalyubia
17.8
4.1
31.3
Total
498.3
80.9
621.9
Middle Egypt
Giza
18.3
2.9
25.3
Bani Sweif
7.9
1.3
9.9
Fayoum
12.7
2.0
14.4
Minya
15.9
2.5
19.9
Total
54.8
8.8
69.5
Upper Egypt
Assiut
14.2
2.3
18.0
Sohag
3.0
0.5
3.6
Qena
4.0
4.0
29.0
Luxor
5.1
0.01
37.3
Aswan
7.3
1.2
9.1
New Valley
9.5
1.5
8.8
Total
43.1
9.4
105.7
Bordered governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
47.8
7.6
30.6
North Sinai
33.6
5.4
4.2
South Sinai
10.1
1.6
6.2
Total
91.5
14.6
41.0
Grand total
687.8
113.8
838.2
A. E.-H. Zohry and S. Ouda