33 scenarios to increase productivity and save irrigation water in Egypt

Published 2021년 11월 5일

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Egypt's General Coordinator of Water Resources and Agriculture Cooperation, Dr. Khaled Shaban Tarkhan, has outlined a strategy to balance water use in agriculture due to limited resources and increasing demand. This strategy focuses on crops with the lowest water consumption and highest economic return. It also emphasizes the need to reduce the cultivation of water-intensive crops like rice and sugar cane. The plan includes updating irrigation water guidance every five years, dividing the country into eight regions for water use calculation, and agreeing on transportation and distribution costs of irrigation water. The goal is to redraw the water and agricultural policy to ensure equitable water distribution and optimal use of water resources.

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Dr. Khaled Shaban Tarkhan, General Coordinator of Cooperation between the Ministries of Water Resources and Agriculture, said that in light of the water and agricultural policies of Egypt, which were drawn up and protected by the Egyptian constitution and law, and in light of the great and grave challenges faced by the management of the water system in Egypt in light of the limited water resources and the increase in demand for it with the increase in the population And new reclamation projects, there is the best future crop composition that achieves the least water consumption and the largest economic return in light of the limited water resources. Dr. Khaled Shaaban pointed out that this comes out of the Egyptian state's keenness to govern its performance in the process of developing and developing the water and agricultural sector, a specific strategic vision that is the result of the requirements of the development stage that this sector is going through now and in the future ...

Source: Akhbarelyom