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TRANSBOUNDARY VIRTUAL WATER AND WATER FOOTPRINT FOR SOME CROPS IN EGYPT

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Water footprint and virtual water flow analyses were conducted for rice, wheat, maize, and sugarcane. From results, the water footprint of Egyptian rice is 1593 m3/ton which is 0% green, 82% blue, and 18% grey water footprint. It is advised to decrease the planted rice area to 0.95 MFed/year. Rice is preferred to import. However, the water footprint of wheat is 1932 m3/ton which is 2.7% green, 67.9% blue, and 29.4% grey water footprint. It is advised to increase the planted wheat area to 36.7MFed/year. Wheat is preferred to cover nation consumption and not preferred to import. Not only that but also, the water footprint of Egyptian maize is 2079.8 m3/ton which is 1% green, 60.6% blue, and 38.4% grey water footprint. It is advised to export maize to get high income. The water footprint of sugarcane is 349.8 m3/ton which is 0.83% green, 89.14% blue, and 10% grey water footprint. It is advised not to import sugarcane due to the imported is lower than the exported economic water productivity.

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10.21608/mjae.2015.98631

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water footprint, green water footprint, blue water footprint, Virtual water, economic water productivity, energetic water productivity

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A. A.

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Khalil

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Agric. Engineer, Agric. Eng. Res. Institute (AERI) – El-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

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M. M.

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Ibrahim

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Assistant Prof. of Agric. Eng. Dept., Faculty of Agric., Al-Mansoura Univ., Egypt.

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M. H.

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Ramadan

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Prof. of Agric. Eng. Dept., Faculty of Agric., Al-Mansoura Univ., Egypt.

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32

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2

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2015-04-01

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2020-06-27

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2015-04-01

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713

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738

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1687-384X

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2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 32_Issue 2_Pages 713-738.pdf

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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TRANSBOUNDARY VIRTUAL WATER AND WATER FOOTPRINT FOR SOME CROPS IN EGYPT

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23 Jan 2023