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Table 8.10 Potential cultivated area of winter tomato, assigned area to wheat intercropped with
winter tomato, wheat production and percentage of reduction in wheat production compared to its
value in 2017
Tomato area
(000 ha)
Assigned area to
wheat (000 ha)
Wheat production
(000 ton)
PR in production
(%)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
1.5
0.8
4.5
8
Behira
12.1
6.0
37.7
8
Gharbia
0.1
0.0
0.2
8
Kafr El
Sheikh
1.9
1.0
5.6
8
Dakahlia
1.3
0.6
4.5
7
Damietta
0.5
0.2
1.4
7
Sharkia
15.5
7.7
47.2
7
Ismailia
3.4
1.7
9.6
7
Port Said
0.3
0.1
0.7
7
Suez
0.6
0.3
1.8
7
Menoufia
0.2
0.1
0.8
8
Qalyubia
0.1
0.1
0.3
8
Cairo
0.02
0.01
0.001
7
Total
37.5
18.7
114.2
7
Middle Egypt
Giza
3.4
1.7
11.9
8
Bani Sweif
3.6
1.8
11.2
8
Fayoum
1.7
0.9
4.9
9
Minya
2.2
1.1
7.0
9
Total
11.0
5.5
35.0
8
Upper Egypt
Assiut
2.0
1.0
6.4
9
Sohag
4.2
2.1
12.6
10
Qena
1.1
0.5
3.2
8
Luxor
2.3
1.2
6.8
9
Aswan
0.3
0.2
1.0
10
New Valley
0.1
0.1
0.3
10
Total
10.1
5.0
30.2
9
Bordered governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
4.5
2.2
7.2
5
North Sinai 1.9
1.0
0.6
5
South Sinai 0.04
0.02
0.07
8
Total
6.5
3.2
7.9
5
Grand total
65.0
32.5
187.2
7
8 Climate Change and Wheat Self-Sufficiency