The most appropriate cropping structure for saline agriculture on reclaimed lands | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 13, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 597-606 PDF (202.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2021.225284 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sherine Mansour* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Agricultural land is one of the most important non-renewable national productive resources, whose scarcity is increasing year after year. Hence, horizontal agricultural expansion through the reclamation of new lands has become one of the most important pillars of the agricultural policy in Egypt. The sustainable agricultural development strategy until 2030 aims to reclaim about 3.1 million feddans by 2030. Therefore, the research aims to find new solutions to achieve food security in light of the limited available water resources and lands, by identifying the current situation of the cultivated reins in Egypt (new lands and old lands,) and the geographical distribution of new lands in Egypt. Identifying the current situation of land reclamation in Egypt, the average per capita share of it and the rate of coverage of encroachments on agricultural lands, and the distribution of reclaimed lands to the various reclamation agencies, as well as in the various governorates of Egypt. Identify the economic efficiency of the crops under study. Determining the best indicative crop composition that achieves the highest return for land and groundwater suppliers. The research relied on published secondary data and field data. In analyzing its data, it relied on both descriptive analysis and quantitative analysis. proposed alternative. One of the most important results of the research is the adoption of indicative cycles for non-traditional crops such as the cycle (quinoa + sunflower), where it was found that it achieves the maximum return in terms of the profitability of the invested pound and comes in the first place, and also comes in the first place in terms of return per m3 of water. In order to raise the efficiency of the use of land and water units, each of the cycles (alfalfa + sunflower), (quinoa + sorghum), (quinoa + millet) can be adopted for cultivation, as each agricultural cycle consumes water in the range of 4500: 5000 m3 / feddan per year when irrigation. | ||
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