@techreport{fdi:010080195,
  title = {{I}rrigation policies in {E}gypt since the construction of the high {A}swan dam},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n no other country, perhaps, is the identification between water, irrigation, and agriculture as strong as in {E}gypt. {S}everal phases of agrarian and technical change throughout its long history have taken {E}gypt 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. {T}his chapter first reviews the extraordinary cost of maintaining the delta 'irrigation machine', the history of irrigated agriculture expansion, and the evolution of public policies. {I}t 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.},
  keywords = {{IRRIGATION} ; {HISTOIRE} ; {POLITIQUE} {AGRICOLE} ; {BILAN} {HYDRIQUE} ; {CULTURE} {IRRIGUEE} ; {PERIMETRE} {IRRIGUE} ; {DELTA} ; {REUTILISATION} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {POLITIQUE} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {GOUVERNANCE} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {SYSTEME} {D}'{IRRIGATION} ; {EGYPTE} ; {NIL} {DELTA} ; {ASSOUAN}},
  address = {{M}ontpellier},
  publisher = {{IRD}},
  series = {{G}-{E}au {W}orking {P}aper/{R}apport de {R}echerche},
  pages = {33  multigr.},
  year = {2018},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080195},
}