Economic reform and aggregate cropping patterns for Egypt

Shousha, Fawaz M.; Pautsch, Gregory R.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.1997.tb00478.x

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“…This led to a wide variation in crop selection among farmers. These results also indicate a large amount of stability in the overall cropping pattern during both the pre‐reform and reform periods, as reported by Shousha and Pautsch (). Indicators of crop patterns are very important for predicting and calculating the future crop water requirements of Egypt and distribution of its limited water resources (Abou El Hassan et al, ).…”

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Irrigation Management Assessment from Land Fragmentation Perspective in the Nile Delta

Hassan

2017

Irrigation and Drainage

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Sustainable increases in water productivity and water use efficiency at different levels can be achieved by optimizing water uses that are suitable for local farmers, especially those who own small-scale farms. There has been continuous land fragmentation mainly due to land inheritance over generations. A historical assessment of land fragmentation (1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) was evaluated in relation to water management such as pump operation hours. In the Nile Delta, 90% of farm areas are less than 2.1 ha and 59% of these are small-scale areas, ≤0.42 ha. Those small-scale farmers decide on crop patterns and are mainly dependent on the rice crop, which yields the highest net profit income. As a result of land fragmentation, the total number of irrigation events in 2013 was higher than in 2006 and is higher than the number of irrigation events of 1994. Therefore, the total water applied for irrigating crops in 2013 was higher than 2006 (+10.5%) and 1994 (+12.6%). Currently, farmers tend to irrigate their fields for longer periods due to land fragmentation. It is suggested that irrigation improvement as well as a farm contracting system could be the best countermeasures to mitigate the impact of land fragmentation and decrease water losses.

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Irrigation Management Assessment from Land Fragmentation Perspective in the Nile Delta

Hassan

2017

Irrigation and Drainage

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“…While its impacts on the agriculture sector, economy, and poverty have been the subject of controversy for years, the strategy to promote a more market‐oriented food system partly through transferring the cropping pattern decision to farmers was not entirely embraced by all. Hence, the cropping pattern in the Old Lands changes only slowly or remains stagnant (Shousha & Pautsch, 1997; Pautsch & Abdelrahman, 1998; Bush, 2000; Bush, 2007; Frerichs, 2015). The results of the farmers' survey correspond with this conclusion by proving that there is a general reluctance to produce cash crops.…”

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The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

Salman

Fertő

Pék

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Irrigation and Drainage

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Irrigation development is essential for reducing vulnerability to water resource scarcity, food insecurity, and climate change impacts in Egypt. The centralized irrigation development must, however, overcome the challenges of the diversity of smallholders and the pre‐existing, individualistic irrigation management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the farmers' characteristics that influence the design and success of irrigation improvement programmes in the Old Lands of Egypt. The paper investigates this issue from the perspectives of farmers by analysing farm features, agricultural practices, irrigation practices, and satisfaction with water services. The clustering method is applied to create farmer groups within the geographical area of the programme and seek consistent differences that affect the outcome of irrigation improvement. The results show that farmers are less diverse in their agrotechnology and more heterogenous in terms of capacities, livelihood sources, and land tenure structures. The article argues that grouping methods to deploy improved irrigation infrastructure should give more consideration to the farmers' individual features. Programmes intended to replicate such irrigation development or leverage the existing results should address these particularities to create a socially adaptive environment for future irrigation investment in Egypt.

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Achieving Efficiency and Equity in Sugar Factories and Sugar‐Cropping Patterns Under Climate Change in Upper and Middle Egypt

Hamada

2013

Agribusiness

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Drought as a natural phenomenon, due to variability of meteorological conditions, strikes worldwide but the severity of its impact depends on the vulnerabilities of water supply systems and economical and sectors as well as on the effectiveness of the adopted mitigation measures. The aim of this paper is to study achieving efficiency and equity in sugar factories and sugar‐cropping patterns in Upper and Middle Egypt by focusing on the Strategic Water Shortage Preparedness Plan, introduction methodologies, and specific action to fight drought within the general water‐planning framework. The Linear Programming Model was applied to calculate the sugar crops, sugar cane and sugar beet acreage, production, and income of both Upper and Middle Egypt. As a result of an optimal cropping pattern, the cultivation season would lose acreage by 7.260%, farm income increase by 1.774%, water uses decrease by 18.511%, and CO2 emission and energy reduced by 14.96%. Overall, as a result of an optimal sugar‐cropping pattern, Egyptian sugar exports would decrease by $130.086 million US. [EconLit classification: Q130 and Q000].

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Economic reform and aggregate cropping patterns for Egypt

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Irrigation Management Assessment from Land Fragmentation Perspective in the Nile Delta

Irrigation Management Assessment from Land Fragmentation Perspective in the Nile Delta

The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

Achieving Efficiency and Equity in Sugar Factories and Sugar‐Cropping Patterns Under Climate Change in Upper and Middle Egypt

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