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Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt

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Title Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt
 
Creator Ghazouani, Wafa
Molle, Francois
Swelam, A.
Rap, Edwin
Abdo, A.
 
Subject water scarcity
water availability
deltas
canals
farmers
adaptation
conflict
crop management
yields
irrigation water
irrigated farming
food security
drainage water
pumps
cost benefit analysis
profitability
case studies
 
Description This study was undertaken to analyze farmers’ adaption to water scarcity in the command area of a secondary canal in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The results revealed that farmers’ responses were driven by a multiplicity of factors, beyond water scarcity or profit maximization. These additional factors include food security of the family, risk management, social capital and history of farmers, and most unexpectedly the collective dimension of crop choice. The findings of this study expose the limitations of projects, modeling exercises or policy recommendations that are too often based on the oversimplified view of profit maximization as the basis of farming system dynamics.
 
Date 2014
2015-04-30T13:44:10Z
2015-04-30T13:44:10Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Ghazouani, Wafa [IWMI]; Molle, Francois [IWMI]; Swelam, A.; Rap, Edwin [IWMI]; Abdo, A. [NARS]; 2014. Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 31p. (IWMI Research Report 160) 10.5337/2015.200
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65357
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub160/rr160.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.200
Land and Water Productivity
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute (IWMI)