%0 Book Section
%9 OS CH : Chapitres d'ouvrages scientifiques
%A Molle, François
%T Egypt
%B Irrigation in the Mediterranean : technologies, institutions and policies
%C Cham
%D 2019
%E Molle, François
%E Sanchis-Ibor, C.
%E Avellà-Reus, L.
%L fdi:010080177
%G ENG
%I Springer
%@ 978-3-03-003696-6
%K IRRIGATION ; AMENAGEMENT HYDROAGRICOLE ; COUT ; MODERNISATION ; TECHNOLOGIE ; BILAN HYDRIQUE ; CULTURE IRRIGUEE ; EXPANSION ; HISTOIRE ; PENURIE ; RESSOURCES EN EAU ; BESOIN EN EAU ; DELTA ; VALLEE
%K REUTILISATION DE L'EAU ; GESTION DE L'EAU ; POLITIQUE DE L'EAU ; GOUVERNANCE
%K EGYPTE
%K NIL DELTA ; TOSHKA VALLEE
%N 22
%P 243-277
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080177
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2021-03-11/010080177.pdf
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X In no other country, perhaps, is the identification between water, irrigation, and agriculture as strong as in Egypt. Several phases of agrarian and technical change throughout its long history have taken Egypt to a situation where farmers grow between one to three crops a year on 3.78 million ha after lifting water from canals and drains, and sometimes from aquifers. This chapter first reviews the extraordinary cost of maintaining the delta 'irrigation machine', the history of irrigated agriculture expansion, and the evolution of public policies. It then examines key issues and challenges, including irrigation modernization, the search for water savings, the multiple experiences with participatory management at various scales, inter-sectoral integration, the water-food-energy nexus, the recent masterplan, and finally transboundary threats.
%S Global Issues in Water Policy
%$ 062EVAEAU03 ; 098HYSOC