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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its Impact on Egyptian Agriculture and the Potential for Alleviating Water Scarcity pp 95–110Cite as

Agriculture and Irrigation

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This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of agriculture and irrigation, background of agriculture and irrigation, scope of the chapter, water supply, improving performance and productivity of existing irrigation systems, improved basin and system-level management, riverine ecosystems impacts, on-farm technologies for enhancing the productivity of land and water, policy and institutional reform, improving alternative supply-side measures, enhancing rain-fed agriculture and supporting local techniques, adopting water recycling, investing in conventional supply-side measures and obstacles and enabling conditions.

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Hamada, Y.M. (2017). Agriculture and Irrigation. In: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its Impact on Egyptian Agriculture and the Potential for Alleviating Water Scarcity . Environment & Policy, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54439-7_7

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