Ghazouani W. auteur aut IRD Molle François auteur aut IRD Swelam A. auteur aut IRD Rap E. auteur aut IRD Abdo A. auteur aut IRD text book eng text/pdf reformatted digital access This study was undertaken to analyze farmers' adaption to water scarcity in the command area of a secondary canal in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The results revealed that farmers' responses were driven by a multiplicity of factors, beyond water scarcity or profit maximization. These additional factors include food security of the family, risk management, social capital and history of farmers, and most unexpectedly the collective dimension of crop choice. The findings of this study expose the limitations of projects, modeling exercises or policy recommendations that are too often based on the oversimplified view of profit maximization as the basis of farming system dynamics. specialized EGYPTE 098 062 Colombo IWMI 2014 160 31 31 31 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066458 10.5337/2015.200 978-92-9090-810-4 [F B010066458] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066458 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers16-03/010066458.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2016-03-03 2016-04-01 fdi:010066458 fre