Agricultural sector is the most water-consuming sector in Egypt, where it
utilizes around 85% of the available water resources. This is because of the main
dependence of crop production on traditional irrigation methods.
The adoption of the traditional irrigation methods in the Egyptian agricultural
system is the core of the current research issue since it leads to many problems
including degradation of arable land, increasing of the underground water
level and consequently decreasing the yield of various crops. In addition, drainage
and misusing of water resources represent the major challenge facing the implementation
of horizontal expansion projects. Hence, there is a crucial need for
enlightening the agricultural producers about the importance of the modern technological
methods of irrigation and their possible useful application through
measuring their effects on the efficiency utilization of agricultural economic resources.
The most important results of the research are as follows:
1) Increasing of the production costs in case of sprinkle irrigation as compared to
their counterpart in case of drip irrigation for all studied crops under both
the Assiut governorate Level and nation level.
2) Increasing the total production and the total revenue in case of drip irrigation
comparing with drip irrigation for the wheat crop, while the increase was
greater in case of sprinkle irrigation for maize and sorghum. Accordingly,
the drip irrigation method suits wheat crop whereas sprinkle irrigation was
superior for the cultivation of maize and sorghum.
3) Increasing net for all crops under this study both on the Assiut governorate
Level and national level in case of drip irrigation in contrast to its counterpart
in case of sprinkle irrigation.
4) The rate of the increase in the cultivated area raised as a result of saving irrigation
water for all crops under study both at Assiut province and the national
levels in case of drip irrigation as compared to sprinkle irrigation.
Also it was indicated that the rate of the increase in the production, revenue
and net return for the crops under study were almost equal in case of
sprinkle irrigation both at Assiut province level and the national level in
case of drip irrigation as compared to sprinkle irrigation and likewise
equal percentage of increase in case of drip irrigati.