Trend of Change in Cultivated Area and Water Budget for Major Crops in Egypt using GIS and Field Survey Technique

• DOI: 10.17700/jai.2015.6.3.199
• Publication Date: 2015-10-19T05:26:31Z
• Authors: Assem Abdelmonem ...; A. A. A. Mohamed; M. S. M. Ahmed; M. A. A. Abdrabbo
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; S1 Agriculture (General) / mezőgazdaság általában; 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 15. Life on land; 6. Clean water

Agricultural survey, based on GIS scheme, using satellite images and topographic maps, field survey was carried out during 2008/2009 winter 2009 summer seasons to determine the whole land cover of Nile Delta Valley. This done CLAC’s recent (2006) digital shape file data for different geographic layers (Roads, railways, irrigation channels, water bodies cultivated areas), SPOT 5 (2007). Data show that area wheat about 2.9 million feddans (4200 m2) in 2008 depending ministry agriculture reclamation (MALR) statistics, while same year according 2.5 feddans. There 13% difference between two concerned methods (GIS + survey) MALR’s conventional statistical method. However, barley season 148 thousand data, whilst 181 
 The showed cotton were decreased sharply 250 compared 284 with Water budget crop pattern increased from 11 billion cubic meters 1980 24 2013, 20 25 2012. average Valley 49 2012 /2013.