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The total cultivated area with wheat as a result of implementing the suggested
intercropping systems and its production are presented in Table 8.15. Wheat intercropping systems can add 234.7 thousand hectares, which produced 1477.9 million
tons of wheat seeds. The total wheat production under application of deficit irrigation on raised beds and intercropping systems will reach 12,361.6 million tons,
which will reduce wheat production-consumption gap to 9504.5 million tons. Wheat
self-sufficiency ration will be increase to 57%.
Table 8.12 Potential cultivated area of sugar beet, assigned area to wheat intercropped with sugar
beet, wheat production and percentage of reduction in wheat production compared to its value in
2017
Sugar beet area
(000 ha)
Assigned area to
wheat (000 ha)
Wheat production
(000 ton)
PR in
production (%)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
2.6
0.7
2.4
8
Behira
15.2
3.8
14.8
7
Gharbia
5.5
1.4
5.1
8
Kafr El
Sheikh
49.9
12.5
44.6
7
Dakahlia
33.0
8.3
35.7
8
Damietta
1.9
0.5
1.7
8
Sharkia
30.3
7.6
28.9
8
Ismailia
3.3
0.8
3.0
9
Port Said
11.3
2.8
16.0
7
Suez
0.1
0.02
0.1
8
Menoufia
0.7
0.2
0.8
8
Qalyubia
0.1
0.03
0.1
7
Total
154.0
38.5
153.1
7
Middle Egypt
Giza
1.3
0.3
1.4
9
Bani Sweif
12.3
3.1
12.0
8
Fayoum
11.8
3.0
10.4
7
Minya
12.3
3.1
12.1
8
Total
37.7
9.4
35.9
8
Upper Egypt
Assiut
2.0
0.5
1.9
8
New Valley 0.7
0.2
0.5
7
Total
2.7
0.7
2.5
8
Bordered governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
7.4
1.8
3.7
8
North Sinai 0.5
0.13
0.1
7
South Sinai 0.2
0.06
0.1
8
Total
8.2
2.0
3.9
6
Grand total
202.5
50.6
195.4
7
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