An Economic Study Of the loss Of Irrigation Water In Elsharkia and Elqalyoubia Governorats
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• The 22th Conference of Agricultural Economists, Egyptian Association of Agricultural Economics, Cairo, Egypt, 12-13 November 20114.
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Water is the most important resource for the production that without it there can be no agriculture, in spite of its importance, but it is used wastefully large, especially in agriculture, which consumes only about 85%, while consuming other sectors only 15% due extravagant to the lack of pricing of water, where used the study descriptive and quantitative methods in data analysis and presentation of the findings of the study results. The study relied on two sources of data (1) Preliminary data for the field study (2) secondary data.
The study found a range of results, including:
- The total amount of waste water from the eastern province as a result of the actual increase in the area of crops grown under study for a target of about 377.7 million m3, while it reached about 47.21 million m3 Qalubia season 2012/2013.
- The amount of wastage of irrigation water at the level of the province east of the crops under study after deducting exchange for increasing the area of wheat and corn are about 183.94 million m3 enough to raise about 136.3 thousand acres of wheat, or a gain of about 82.24 thousand acres of corn exploits its output to reduce the size of the gap granularity .
- The amount of water loss Qalubia result of increasing the actual area under crops under study for a target of about 61.1 million m3 and this quantity can be used in the cultivation of extra space of wheat is estimated at 40.5 thousand acres, or cultivation of about 24.2 thousand acres planted with corn to reduce imports and provide component basic loaf of bread in Egypt.
- Confined to the behavior of the respondents from the farmers and their reactions to the problems of irrigation in the eight reactions highest, according to the views of the respondents expansion in the use of groundwater by about (19.1%) and then cut rice area,
- Confined to the behavior of decision makers, agricultural and reactions toward the water shortage in the seven most important reactions according to the repetition of the views of the respondents. The need to educate farmers to the economy in the use of irrigation water by about (16.1%).
Based on these results, the study recommends the following:
1 severe punishment on violators to cultivate rice cultivation more than the target.
2 development of irrigation systems to reduce the ancient land of wasteful water use them.
3 production of all varieties of crops bear the lack of water.
4 interest in removing weeds from Marawi and conduct acts of cleansing.
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Publication year 2014
Pages 161 - 178
Availability location مكتبة معهد بحوث الاقتصاد الزراعي-7 ش نادى الصيد - مبنى الهيئات والشركات - الدقي- الجيزة (الدور الرابع)
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serial title المؤتمر الثاني والعشرون للاقتصاديين الزراعيين
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Agris Categories Land economics and policies
Publication Type Conference/Workshop
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