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Table 8.20 Potential wheat added cultivated area and production using the saved amounts of
irrigation water, total wheat production (from deficit irrigation, intercropping systems and the
saved water) and wheat production-consumption gap
Added area
(000 ha)
Production
(000 ton)
Total production
(000 ton)
Gap
(000 ton)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
0.8
2.0
249.8
−833.1
Behira
17.5
48.7
2007.1
495.8
Gharbia
15.8
44.1
467.6
−746.2
Kafr El
Sheikh
14.5
37.9
967.2
140.8
Dakahlia
23.5
75.9
1013.9
−524.2
Damietta
6.5
17.1
115.7
−225.2
Sharkia
18.3
46.7
1619.1
−72.3
Ismailia
0.7
1.8
208.1
−97.3
Port Said
0
0
50.5
−100.0
Suez
0.5
1.2
32.7
−108.8
Menoufia
11.9
30.9
596.5
−419.5
Qalyubia
5.5
14.2
240.5
−1092.0
Cairo
0.1
0.2
0.2
−2098.7
Total
115.5
320.8
7568.8
−5680.8
Middle Egypt
Giza
4.6
13.1
221.0
−1670.6
Bani Sweif
8.3
22.5
532.5
−178.9
Fayoum
14.6
35.1
762.6
−37.6
Minya
10.7
26.9
978.8
−298.4
Total
38.2
97.5
2494.8
−2185.5
Upper Egypt
Assiut
6.7
17.2
862.4
−179.0
Sohag
10.6
23.1
757.2
−367.2
Qena
2.8
6.3
360.6
−398.0
Luxor
1.0
2.7
150.3
−135.3
Aswan
0.5
1.3
187.4
−167.8
New Valley
0
0
375.7
328.9
Total
21.6
50.7
2693.6
−918.3
Border governorates
Marsa
Matrouh
0
0
60.6
−55.6
North Sinai
0
0
5.5
−108.4
South Sinai
0
0
7.4
−31.3
Red Sea
0
0
0
−84.8
Total
0
0
73.5
−280.1
Grand total
175.3
469
12,831
−9065.7
8 Climate Change and Wheat Self-Sufficiency