الوضع الراهن لكميات مياه الري المستخدمة في الزراعة المصرية

الملخص EN

The scarcity and limitations of water resources are a major challenge to solving the water problem, as water is considered one of the most important inputs to the process of economic and social development, and the scarcity and limitations of water resources are a major challenge to solving the water problem, as water is considered one of the most important inputs to the process of economic and social development, and the high amount of water losses when transporting and delivering water resources from their main source at Aswan until they reach the fields in all governorates of the republic.

by studying the evolution of the quantities of irrigation water used in canals during the period (1990-2019), it ranged between a minimum of about 36.93 billion cubic meters in 2012, and a maximum of about 53.24 billion cubic meters in 1993, with an annual average of about 43.83 billion cubic meters.

also, by studying the evolution of the quantities of irrigation water losses from Aswan to the field during the period from (1990-2019), it was found that they ranged between a minimum of about 3 billion cubic meters in 2016, and a maximum of about 19.25 billion cubic meters in 2008 with an annual average of about 12.59 billion cubic meters.