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  1. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2012
    Tunisia
  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    This is the fundamental scope of the Irrigation Benchmark Project, where the emphasis was placed on introducing and implementing new water saving technologies. Additionally, emphasis was laid on the participation and involvement of farmers in water users’ associations (WUA) and other community organizations, as well as with government organizations – particularly, those concerned in the Extension Service of the Ministry of Agriculture.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    The objective of any national water policy is, normally, to ‘Generate the maximum possible economic value for the nation’. Under water scarcity situations, water should be allocated so that users who generate a higher income per unit volume of water are given priority over those who generate less income. This applies not only to water quantity, but also to water quality. The above statements are valid when water is considered as an economic commodity.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    Almakatei village, located on Alatf canal, was selected purposely to represent the community. Its agricultural land is located across three main districts in Menoufia Governorate – Al Bagour, Shebin Al Koum and Quesna. This was considered as one of the main advantages of selecting this site. El-Menira tertiary on Alatf canal was selected as the site for the study of the pipeline group. It is about 870 m long and it serves an area of about 40 ha. El-Hamra tertiary was selected for the study of the open canal group and serves an area of 30 ha.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    Irrigation management of crops in Egypt is characterized by the application of more water than the crops require. In fact, large amounts of water are supplied without any estimates of the soil water content at the root zone. The rationale for doing so is the assumption that more irrigation water means a greater yield. So, eliminating the use of this unnecessary irrigation water could help save the resource, provided that this can be done with low yield losses.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Morocco, Northern Africa

    From these workshops and an analysis of project documentation, we can conclude that possibilities for the improvement of water use do exist. These improvements depend not only on technical aspects, but also on organization and policy considerations.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Northern Africa, Western Asia

    In this study, an economic evaluation of water-use efficiency technologies proposed and tested by the agronomic team in the Tadla Irrigated Perimeter was carried out. To capture climatic variability, the analysis was conducted during two contrasting years (dry and wet). Total annual rainfall was 357 mm in 2005/06 (wet year) and 296 mm in 2006/07 (dry year). During the first year, precipitation was well distributed throughout the season. However, the second year was wet at the beginning, dry in the middle and very wet at the end of the season.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    The new lands are represented by the El- Bustan area. The soils of the site are mostly sandy with low fertility and relatively low water holding capacity and crops are grown exclusively under irrigation using modern irrigation systems.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Egypt, Northern Africa

    The study was conducted in El-Serw (New Alexandria) located about 32 km south of Damietta, Damietta Governorate, El-Manzala Lake is to the east, Dakahlia Governorate lies to the south, and to the west are El-Sharqawia canal and the Nile River.
    The selected site has the general characteristics of marginal lands:
    • Drainage system problems;
    • High water table;
    • Increased soil salinity;
    • Seawater intrusion;
    • Pollution due to extensive use of chemicals; low water quality;
    • Available water increases relatively in winter;

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Libya, Northern Africa

    This report describes the use of improved methodologies developed to identify suitable watersheds based on an integrated resources management concept. The approach integrates multi-disciplinary knowledge, GIS utilities, and verification in the field to develop and test a methodology to identify watersheds with specific characteristics
    – in this case, the watersheds most suited to the project activities.

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