EXPLORING EGYPT’S VIRTUAL WATER TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: IS THERE A NEED FOR RETHINKING? التعرف على حجم تجارة ا لمياه الإفتراضية للمنتجات الزراعية المصرية: هل هناک حاجة لإعادة التفکير؟ | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1569-1595 PDF (881.34 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2011.45766 | ||
| Author | ||
| أحمد الخولى | ||
| قسم الاقتصاد الزراعى، کلية الزراعة، جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Virtual water trade as a mean to balance the national and global water budget has recently received much attention. Building upon the knowledge of virtual water accounting in the literature, this study quantitatively assess the virtual water flows in Egypt’s agricultural trade (i.e., the embodied water used) from the perspectives of exports and imports at the country level. The investigation reveals that Egypt has exported an average of 6.69 billion m3/yr and imported 27.5 billion m3/yr with a net import of 20.9 billion m3/yr of virtual water related to crop and livestock products throughout the period 2003-2009 (on average). Thus, Egypt is to be considered a net importer of virtual water, and in such case, the country saves this amount of its national water resources. Of which, it saves about 5.7 billion m3/yr and 3.2 billion m3/yr of its wheat and maize imports respectively. | ||
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