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Mideast Egypt Water
Photo caption (1/8): In this Monday, April 11, 2016 photo, An Egyptian farmer stands in front of wheat crops on his land in Kafr Hamouda village, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt. Farmers ...
Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Water Management on Ecosystem Services in the Nile Delta
The objective of this study is to test and identify appropriate water and land management strategies that will increase water and land productivity, reduce the demand for chemical fertilizers, increase farmers’ income, and ...
On - Farm Irrigation
The present study aims at improving water management in on-farm using CropWat model.
Adapative Management of Water Resources to Increase Agricultural Productivity
Adaptive natural resource management involves multiple responses involving complex social, economic, and bio-physical challenges. The study looked at the evolution of water management in three villages located at the head, ...
Desert land reclamation programs and family land dynamics in the Western Desert of the Nile Delta (Egypt), 1960–2010
The agricultural development on newly reclaimed lands has led to many national debates about food
security and budget deficits, and the living conditions of the new settlers at the local level. This debate
is still crucial ...
Less water, more food
In Egypt, a desert country that gets almost all its water from the Nile, the scarcity of water has become a challenge in agriculture. Climate change is worsening the problem through rising temperature and loss of agriculture ...
Understanding Farmers Perception and Response to Climate Change
The study looked at farmers’ perception of changes in average annual temperature as a proxy indicator for climate change, and adaptive management strategies used by men, women, and youth. The study was conducted in three ...
Enhancing agricultural water productivity in the irrigated areas of Nile Delta through innovative science-based solution
The report describes the approaches to use remote sensing data set for the estimation of evapotranspiration, biomass and water productivity in the Nile Delta for the period of 2014-2019.
A gendered analysis of shifts in adaptive water management in the Nile Delta of Egypt
Understanding the logic behind farmers’ decisions to opt for specific adaptive water management practice is important to appreciate the challenges and opportunities they face, and to promote adoption of sustainable water ...
Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Water Management on Ecosystem Services in the Nile Delta
Egypt suffers from water scarcity and farmers are often forced to use alternative water resources
including recycled and untreated wastewater with elevated levels of non-point source pollutants.
However, continued use of ...