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Estimation of Water Footprint and Its Most Important Indicators for Some Egyptian Export Crops

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Economic, social, and philosophical aspects of sustainable agriculture

Abstract

This research aimed to estimate the total water footprint of the most important Egyptian export crops, as well as the internal and external water footprints of the study crops. It was shown through the results of the research regarding the potato crop that the percentage of dependence on external water imports reached its lowest level in 2012 at about 2.6%, and it also reached its maximum level.
In 2015 year, it was about 11.4% the average percentage of dependence on external water imports for potatoes was about 7.6% as an average for the study period. The standard deviation was about 1.41 and the coefficient of variation was about 18.6%. The percentage of dependence on local water resources was also about 11.4%. Its lowest limit was about 88.4% in 2005, and its maximum in 2009 was about 98.1%. The average dependence on water resources was about 92.4% as an average for the study period. As for the grape crop, it was found that the percentage of dependence on external water imports for grapes reached its lowest limit in 2018 was about 0.25%, and its maximum in 2004 was about 7%. The average percentage of dependence on external water imports for grapes was about 2.4%, while the percentage of dependence on local water resources reached its lowest limit in 2004 at about 93%, and reached its maximum in 2018 at about 99.75%, and the average dependence on water resources reached about 97.6% as an average for the period of the study.

DOI

10.21608/jassd.2024.266441.1008

Keywords

water footprint, Virtual water, Self-sufficiency Ratio of Water Resources

Authors

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M. G.

Last Name

Mahdy

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Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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elrayk84@yahoo.com

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First Name

Hanan

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Alameer

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Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Egypt

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doctor.hanan2012@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohammad

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Khedr

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PhD student

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mohamedkhedr914@gmail.com

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0009-0009-3298-6023

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1

Article Issue

2

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46343

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-01-29

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

81

Page End

93

Print ISSN

3009-6375

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3009-6219

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2,978

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Publication Title

Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Sustainable Development

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https://jassd.journals.ekb.eg/

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Estimation of Water Footprint and Its Most Important Indicators for Some Egyptian Export Crops

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20 Dec 2024