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AGRICULTURAL operations in Egypt are entirely dependent upon the Nile, and all extensions in the direction of taking fresh land into cultivation depend upon the way in which more profitable use can be made of the waters of the Nile and of the fertilising mud that it carries with it. The construction of the Aswan reservoir has rendered it possible to retain much of the flood-water, but even now a large amount is wasted that would aid in the expansion of the cultivated area if it could be conserved. Mr. G. C. Dudgeon (Bull. Imp. Inst., vol. xvii., No. 3) sets forth a statistical estimate of the possible and available water-supply, together with the theoretical annual consumption of water for the chief crops. It is suggested that if certain proposed schemes of reclamation were carried out, the whole water requirements of Egypt would be met by less than 60 per cent, of the mean annual discharge of the Nile.
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Agriculture in Egypt and Cyprus. Nature 106, 263–264 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106263a0
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