In 1985–87 the largest areas of
barley cultivation were in the governorates of El-Beheira, including the desert
land reclamation project of Tahrir-Province (26 per cent), in Esh-Sharqiya
(17 per cent), El-Faiyum (11 per cent) and Ismailiya (9 per cent). Cultivation
of barley in Upper Egypt is negligible. There are two main reasons for the
decline in the cultivation of barley in Egypt in the twentieth century. The
first and most important is that the food habits of the people changed. They
developed a preference for maize and wheat, so that barley is used mainly as
animal feed now, especially for poultry. The second reason is that barley as a
winter crop has been replaced by bersim, which is of dual use: as animal feed
(see below) and as a means of soil improvement through nitrogen fixation
before the cultivation of cotton.
barley cultivation were in the governorates of El-Beheira, including the desert
land reclamation project of Tahrir-Province (26 per cent), in Esh-Sharqiya
(17 per cent), El-Faiyum (11 per cent) and Ismailiya (9 per cent). Cultivation
of barley in Upper Egypt is negligible. There are two main reasons for the
decline in the cultivation of barley in Egypt in the twentieth century. The
first and most important is that the food habits of the people changed. They
developed a preference for maize and wheat, so that barley is used mainly as
animal feed now, especially for poultry. The second reason is that barley as a
winter crop has been replaced by bersim, which is of dual use: as animal feed
(see below) and as a means of soil improvement through nitrogen fixation
before the cultivation of cotton.
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