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... EGYPT Basin 8,800 94 Perennial 2,900 31 LOWER EGYPT Perennial 1,500 16 Total 13,200 141 31 270 +15 215 11 218 4 72 37 17 327 SOURCE : H. A. El - Tobgy , Contemporary Egyptian Agriculture , 2d ed . ( Cairo : Ford Foundation , 1976 ) , p ...
... EGYPT Basin 8,800 94 Perennial 2,900 31 LOWER EGYPT Perennial 1,500 16 Total 13,200 141 31 270 +15 215 11 218 4 72 37 17 327 SOURCE : H. A. El - Tobgy , Contemporary Egyptian Agriculture , 2d ed . ( Cairo : Ford Foundation , 1976 ) , p ...
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... Egypt had already begun reclaiming 600,000 feddans.16 The soils were classed in six different categories , ranging from excellent ( I ) to poor ( IV ) to uncultivable ( VI ) . Significant- ly , much of Egypt's " old lands , " where most ...
... Egypt had already begun reclaiming 600,000 feddans.16 The soils were classed in six different categories , ranging from excellent ( I ) to poor ( IV ) to uncultivable ( VI ) . Significant- ly , much of Egypt's " old lands , " where most ...
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... Egyptian government's water budget for the next two de- cades would thus seem wildly optimistic . Put bluntly , Egypt is unlikely to have enough water to pursue its dual program of in- dustrial and agricultural expansion . At the very ...
... Egyptian government's water budget for the next two de- cades would thus seem wildly optimistic . Put bluntly , Egypt is unlikely to have enough water to pursue its dual program of in- dustrial and agricultural expansion . At the very ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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