Gendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations

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dc.creatorJoshi, Deepa
dc.creatorDessouki, Amina
dc.creatorAbdelwahab, Noura
dc.date2023-10-31
dc.date2023-11-13T08:45:14Z
dc.date2023-11-13T08:45:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:29:01Z
dc.descriptionWater management in Egypt presents unique challenges. Being waterscarce, the country needs to use its limited freshwater reserves efficiently and effectively, particularly for irrigation, which accounts for over 70% of the total freshwater availability. Egypt has a network of irrigation canals and water-reuse drains that were built since the introduction of cotton cultivation in the colonial era to enable agricultural drainage and the reuse of water for irrigation. This facilitated expansion of the cultivated area with a view to improving food security and income. However, the design of efficient water reuse for irrigation does not come without attendant challenges. With more and more farmers coming to rely on polluted drainage water for irrigation, an alarming inconsistency in the quality of treated drainage water is now evident (Ashour et al. 2021). The focus of our study, which was funded by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, was to understand the gendered implications of these changes and challenges. Adopting a feminist political ecology approach, we analyze the gendered power dynamics within productive, irrigated agriculture, focusing on the everyday lived experiences of diverse groups of women, farmers and irrigators.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134461
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/157236
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJoshi, Deepa; Dessouki, Amina; Abdelwahab, Noura. 2023. Gendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 8p.
dc.subjectdrainage water
dc.subjectdrainage canals
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectagrifood sector
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectwastewater
dc.subjectwater reuse
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectirrigated farming
dc.subjectfreshwater
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectwater pollution
dc.subjectwater user associations
dc.subjecttenant farmers
dc.titleGendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations
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