The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, through its research institute (ARC – Agriculture Research Center) and its associated department, the CLAC (Center Laboratory of Agriculture Climate), entrusted IGN FI with the CIPA project to evaluate agricultural areas in the Nile Valley and Delta. This project reliably assesses agricultural potential to best guide government policy.
Africa
Egypt
Environment, Agriculture, Forestry
Context
Following the "bread riots" that occurred in Egypt in 2007, linked to an underestimation of wheat imports, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture decided to implement new measures for agricultural areas and yields to verify if the statistics provided to the Ministries by the various Egyptian governorates were still reliable and up-to-date.
Client
Agriculture Research Center (ARC)
Zone
Cairo, Egypt
Partner
French Ministry of Agriculture
Funding Agency
European Food Aid Counterpart Funds
Timeline
06/2008-12/2010
Missions
- Creation of a crop inventory for winter and summer
- Estimation of agricultural areas for winter and summer crops
- Yield assessment for wheat and cotton
- Estimation of the extent of small irrigation canals
- Assessment of contamination of irrigation and drainage canals by water hyacinth
To do this, a systematic sampling plan consisting of more than 30,000 points was set up across the entire territory.
At each survey point, a field visit was carried out by the investigator, who collected precise information (type of crop, tree cover, description of the environment, presence of canals, drains, hedges, etc.) within a very short time frame.
3000
sites
30 000
control points
52 882
km² produced
120
surveyors
