Performance assessment of irrigation water management in old lands of the Nile delta of Egypt

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-236

  El Agha, Doaa E ^a   Molden, David J ^b   Ghanem, Ashraf M ^c  

^a Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Egypt   (Egypt)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Actual evapotranspiration; Efficiency; Indicators; Irrigation; Performance; Productivity; Water saving

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ANNUAL AVERAGE; AVERAGE VALUES; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; DEPLETED FRACTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; END REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FLOW OUT; HIGH YIELD; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION WATERS; NILE DELTA; NONUNIFORMITY; PADDY FIELDS; PER UNIT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY LEVELS; THREE-BRANCH; WATER DELIVERY; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER SAVING; WHEAT FIELDS; WINTER MONTHS;

CANALS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER SUPPLY;

CANAL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EGYPT; KAFR ASH SHAYKA; LAKE BURULLUS; NILE DELTA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84870372572     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: 15730654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10795-011-9116-z     Document Type: Article

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