*3.3. Kafr El-Sheikh*

Table 4 depicts the water profitability analysis conducted for Kafr El-Sheikh from the collected forms in the governorate. The analysis was conducted for ten crops produced in the area: wheat, sugar beet, broad bean, maize, watermelon pulp, clover, cotton, dry peas, and onion. Regarding total costs per feddan, cotton was the highest followed by sugar beet, and the lowest was clover. Total revenue was highest for dry peas followed by onion and cotton and lowest for maize and then clover. For the net return per feddan, dry peas were the highest at 25,000 EGP/feddan followed by onion at 22,544 EGP/feddan, and the lowest was maize at 1697 L.E/feddan. Furthermore, rice was found to be the most water-intensive crop, and the least intensive was dry peas using 1400 m3/feddan. Finally, for water profitability, dry peas were the most water profitable at 17.86 EGP/m3 followed by onion and broad bean, while maize was the least water-profitable crop at 0.49 EGP/m3.

**Table 4.** Water profitability analysis for Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in 2020, source: field data collected from farmers and verified by workshops.


Figure 4 shows the water profitability for the selected crops in Kafr El-Sheikh calculated using the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation–Economic Affairs Sector's Agricultural Statistics Bulletin for 2019 and data from the Land and Water Research Institute–Water Standards Department. The figure also shows that dry peas were the most water-profitable crop, followed by onion, while the least-water profitable crops were rice and maize, which aligns with the data collected from the surveys and workshops. Again, the results indicate the potential consideration of cotton and sugar beet in Kafr El-Sheikh.

**Figure 4.** Water Profitability for Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate from Bulletin data compared to collected forms. Source: In blue, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation–Economic Affairs Sector's Agricultural Statistics Bulletin for 2019 and Land and Water Research Institute–Water Standards Department's unpublished data. In gray are the in-person forms collected in 2020.
