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Irrigation Water Use Efficiency and Economic Water Productivity of Different Plants Under Egyptian Conditions

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Technological and Modern Irrigation Environment in Egypt

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In Egypt, fixed water assets led to the synergy of government, farmers, and scientific communities’ efforts to increase irrigation water use efficiency IWUE of most plants, where cultivation is the major user of water. The objectives of this chapter are to highlight how to improve IWUE of various plants by management procedures. Moreover, the chapter presents a comparison between the IWUE and economic water productivity EWP under both Egyptian and worldwide conditions.

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  1. Agricultural and Biological Research Division, Soils and Water Use Department, National Research Centre El Behoos St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

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    Abdelazim M. Negm

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Abou-Baker, N.H. (2020). Irrigation Water Use Efficiency and Economic Water Productivity of Different Plants Under Egyptian Conditions. In: Omran, ES., Negm, A. (eds) Technological and Modern Irrigation Environment in Egypt. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30375-4_10

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