530
D. M. Gouda
Table 1 Field crops’ groups by area, production, net value and water requirements in the Nile
Delta governorates in 2015
Field Crops’
Group
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ area
of total field
crops area in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’
production
of total field
crops
production in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ net
value of total
field crops
net value in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ water
requirements
of total field
crops water
requirements
in Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’
working
days of total
field crops
working days
in Egypt
Cereals
57.60
62.50
52.40
67.13
56.60
Sugar crops
46.00
31.10
30.90
18.67
34.10
Oil crops
31.20
28.60
30.50
29.59
31.30
Pulses
55.80
53.60
23.50
54.67
55.70
Vegetables
55.40
49.40
39.60
55.47
56.10
Clover
(berseem)
68.90
61.00
82.50
81.01
68.90
Medicinal
crops
9.20
2.50
10.30
9.16
9.20
Cotton
87.80
85.80
79.30
87.82
87.80
% of total
Egypt
57.40
51.70
50.20
59.30
55.30
Source Calculated by the Author based on Capmas [13] and Mohamed et al. [29]
about 60% of the total field crops’ water in Egypt is used for irrigation
3 (see Table 1)
during the Summer, Winter and Nili seasons.
4
Despite its importance, agriculture in the Nile Delta is subject to challenges that
need immediate attention and intervention to limit their negative impacts. These are
addressed below.
2.2 Challenges Countering Agriculture in the Nile Delta
Agriculture in the Nile Delta is countering socio-economic and natural resources
challenges that affect agricultural production and farmers’ livelihoods. The socioeconomic challenges are concerned with population growth related problems,
while the natural resources challenges involve water and soil-related difficulties.
These challenges are briefly framed in the following paragraphs.
3 Fresh water used for the cultivation of field crops was about 40 BCM in 2015, accounting for 72%
of Egypt total share from the Nile River (55.5 BCM) excluding horticulture and permanent trees,
see [26].
4 Agricultural land in Egypt is cultivated at least twice a year: during the Winter and Summer seasons
in addition to the Nili season.
D. M. Gouda
Table 1 Field crops’ groups by area, production, net value and water requirements in the Nile
Delta governorates in 2015
Field Crops’
Group
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ area
of total field
crops area in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’
production
of total field
crops
production in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ net
value of total
field crops
net value in
Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’ water
requirements
of total field
crops water
requirements
in Egypt
% of Nile
Delta field
crops’
working
days of total
field crops
working days
in Egypt
Cereals
57.60
62.50
52.40
67.13
56.60
Sugar crops
46.00
31.10
30.90
18.67
34.10
Oil crops
31.20
28.60
30.50
29.59
31.30
Pulses
55.80
53.60
23.50
54.67
55.70
Vegetables
55.40
49.40
39.60
55.47
56.10
Clover
(berseem)
68.90
61.00
82.50
81.01
68.90
Medicinal
crops
9.20
2.50
10.30
9.16
9.20
Cotton
87.80
85.80
79.30
87.82
87.80
% of total
Egypt
57.40
51.70
50.20
59.30
55.30
Source Calculated by the Author based on Capmas [13] and Mohamed et al. [29]
about 60% of the total field crops’ water in Egypt is used for irrigation
3 (see Table 1)
during the Summer, Winter and Nili seasons.
4
Despite its importance, agriculture in the Nile Delta is subject to challenges that
need immediate attention and intervention to limit their negative impacts. These are
addressed below.
2.2 Challenges Countering Agriculture in the Nile Delta
Agriculture in the Nile Delta is countering socio-economic and natural resources
challenges that affect agricultural production and farmers’ livelihoods. The socioeconomic challenges are concerned with population growth related problems,
while the natural resources challenges involve water and soil-related difficulties.
These challenges are briefly framed in the following paragraphs.
3 Fresh water used for the cultivation of field crops was about 40 BCM in 2015, accounting for 72%
of Egypt total share from the Nile River (55.5 BCM) excluding horticulture and permanent trees,
see [26].
4 Agricultural land in Egypt is cultivated at least twice a year: during the Winter and Summer seasons
in addition to the Nili season.