palestine status outlook, farah sawafta

NENA REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP on

Operationalizing the Regional Collaborative Platform to address ‘water consumption ’,‘ water productivity’ and ‘drought management’

in Agriculture Cairo, 27-29 October, 2015

Fairmont Hotel, Nile City, Cairo.

Prepared By

Dr. Farah Sawafta

Eng. Omar Zayed

Eng. Abdalaziz Rayyan

دولة فلسطين

State of Palestine

Water consumption.

Water productivity.

Drought Management.

Introduction

• Area of historical Palestine is 27000km2

• Area of west Bank and Gaza strip is 6245km2

Rain fall : ranges from 140-700mm/y

Average = 517mm/y.

Total volume = 3 billion m3/y.

Evaporation = 65%, about 1900 m.m3

Infiltration 25-30%, about 800-900m.m3/y.

Surface runoff 3-5%, about 120-150m.m3/y,

Water consumption

• The occupation stolen and controlled more than 85% of the Palestinian renewable water.

• Ground water is the main available source for the Palestinian.

• Surface water from Jordan river (250 mm3/y) is controlled by Israeli occupation.

• Available water resources for Palestinians (West Bank & Gaza Strip) 280 m.m3/y, 170m.m3/y and 110m.m3/y for west Bank and Gaza strip.

West bank • Wells (domestic and agricultural) extracts about 70 m.m3/y

• Springs 40 m.m3/y.

• Purchased from the Israeli occupation (55-60m.m3/y).

• For domestic 120 m.m3/y. 65%.

• For agriculture 60 m.m3/y. 35%.

Gaza strip • Wells 110m.m3/y. about 60 renewable

• the other is over pumpage.

Station Recorded Potentional evaporation mm/y Actual Potential evaporation mm/y

Maleh 2298 2553

Faraa 2426 2696

Jericho 2243 2492

Daraje 2394 2660

Banee Noaim 2343 2603

Dahreye 2034 2260

Jerusalem 2095 2328

Bedia 2000 2222

Boreen 2038 2264

Tulkarm 1917 2130

Maithaloun 1996 2218

Beit Qad 2025 2250

Jenin 1410.8 1568

Nablus 1905.6 2117

Hebron 1935.9 2151

Avarage 2070 2300

Evaporation

Evaporation = 65%, about 1900 m.m3

Increases to East and South.

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Institutional

Ministry of Transportation (Palestinian Meteorological Department).

Monitors the meteorological elements.

Temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure and rainfall.

There is no remote sensing system dealing with this issue..

• Crop water productivity

Ministry of Agriculture.

No institutional work upon it.

Just an old study upon it (Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute

(MAS)) for the Ministry of Agriculture 1998.

Crop Water Productivity Crop UNIT QUANTITY HICTAR kg/CM

Open Irrigated Eggplant PRODUCTIVITY KG 4,000.00 40000 8

WATER REQUIREMENTS CM 512 5120

Open Irrigated Tomato PRODUCTIVITY KG 6,200.00 62000 14

WATER REQUIREMENTS CM 437.5 4375

Protected Irrigated Tomato PRODUCTIVITY KG 21,360.00 213600 23


Open Irrigated Green beans PRODUCTIVITY KG 1,466.67 14667 13


Protected Irrigated Green Beans PRODUCTIVITY KG 2725 27250 5


Open Irrigated Paprika PRODUCTIVITY KG 3,525.00 35250 12


Protected irrigated Paprika PRODUCTIVITY KG 9,840.00 98400 18


Protected Irrigated Cucumber PRODUCTIVITY KG 10,780.00

WATER REQUIREMENTS CM 380

Winter Irrigated Squash PRODUCTIVITY KG 3,360.00 33600 29


Open Rain-fed Squash PRODUCTIVITY KG 490 4900

WATER REQUIREMENTS CM

Strawberry PRODUCTIVITY KG 5,600.00 56000 17


Protected Irrigated Cucumber PRODUCTIVITY KG 10,780.00 107800 28


Irrigated Orange PRODUCTIVITY KG 3,393.33 33933 5


Rain-fed Grape PRODUCTIVITY KG 1,662.50 16625


Rain-fed Olive PRODUCTIVITY KG 179 1790


Rain-fed Almond PRODUCTIVITY KG 165.33 1653


Rain-fed Fig PRODUCTIVITY KG 1,820 18200


Rain-fed Wheat PRODUCTIVITY KG 269 2690


Autumn Irrigated Potato

PRODUCTIVITY KG 2,040.00 20400 8


Crop UNIT QUANTITY HICTAR kg/CM

Drought Management

Ministry of Agriculture leading

Ministry of planning.

Ministry of Transportation (Meteorological Department).

Palestinian Water Authority.

Environment Quality Authority

Universities and Civil Society Institutions.

Preparing National committee.

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Education