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

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR GENDER Impact Platformen
cg.coverage.countryEgypt
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2EG
cg.creator.identifierDeepa Joshi: 0000-0003-1986-3431en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052304en
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Deepaen
dc.contributor.authorDessouki, Aminaen
dc.contributor.authorAbdelwahab, Nouraen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T08:45:14Zen
dc.date.available2023-11-13T08:45:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134461
dc.titleGendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendationsen
dcterms.abstractWater 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJoshi, 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.en
dcterms.extent8p.en
dcterms.issued2023-10-31en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectdrainage wateren
dcterms.subjectdrainage canalsen
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.subjectagrifood sectoren
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectwastewateren
dcterms.subjectwater reuseen
dcterms.subjectirrigation wateren
dcterms.subjectirrigated farmingen
dcterms.subjectfreshwateren
dcterms.subjectwater governanceen
dcterms.subjectwater pollutionen
dcterms.subjectwater user associationsen
dcterms.subjecttenant farmersen
dcterms.typeBrief

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