Inas El-Gafy

Inas El-Gafy
National Water Research Center | nwrc · Strategic Research Unit

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Introduction
I am a professor at strategic Research Unit- National water research Center – Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt. I had a short a visiting researcher for six months in 2015 – 2016 in Water Institute-Colorado State University. Currently I have a visiting researcher for two years from October 2018 to March 2021 in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, to work on developing a decision support model for assessing water-food-energy-ecosystem nexu

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Publications (35)
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Intertwined forces such as climate change, population growth, and economic development are increasingly straining the global supply of water, energy, and food. This issue necessitates integrated, sustainable solutions harmonizing environmental stewardship, economic progress, and human well‐being. The challenging task of developing policies for reso...
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's food, water, and energy resources are facing significant stress. It is predictable that there will be increasing demand for these resources in the upcoming years. Due to the interface between the three sectors, the nexus approach allows for more integrated and effective planning, policymaking, scruti...
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Experimental Performance Analysis for Reverse Osmosis Pilot Plant Subjected to Different Brackish Salinity Spectrum By Nahla Sadek1 Mohamed Attia2 Inas El-Gafy 3 1 Professor, Nile Research Institute, National Water Research Center, 2Researcher, Mechanical and electrical research institute, National Water Research Center, Egypt. 3Professor, Strateg...
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This book provides an overview of the current status of water, energy, food, and the ecosystem within the framework of core sustainable development goals in the MENA Region and the MED-Basin, focusing on the current practices in the regions. The first part of the book introduces the interactions between the elements. The second part addresses the c...
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The concept of the water-food-energy nexus has been widely studied in the past decade. In this paper we expand on this concept to include environmental, economic, and social aspects as well as life cycle assessment based thinking. We proposed a set of Environmental Footprint Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, and Socio-Economic Assessment indicator...
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The concept of water-food-energy nexus has been widely studied in the past decade. In this paper we expand on this concept to Water-Food-Land-Energy-Ecosystem-Environment Nexus with economic and social aspects based on the life cycle assessment thinking. Set of Environment Footprint Assessment (EFA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and Socio-Economic...
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Water can make or break human development. Water is fundamental to what people can do and what they can become. It gives substance to other human rights and facilitate for attaining wider human development goals. Rural development is a multifaceted and multi-dimensional concept. Key area for interventions water resources for rural development is th...
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Water and energy are two of the most important topics on the environment and development plan in any country. The social and economic health of the modern world depends on sustainable supply of both energy and water. The use of renewable energies for desalination appears nowadays as a reasonable and technically mature option towards the emerging an...
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The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) in Egypt has adopted policies to increase farmer's participation in water management through the establishment of Water Users' Associations (WUAs) and Water Boards. The objective of the current study is to investigate the effect of the WUAs on environmental, socioeconomic , and technical issues...
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The dominant approach for water resources planning in Egypt is to develop local resources (groundwater, re-use of drainage and domestic waste-waters, sea-water desalination, flash floods and rain harvesting) and to improve the efficiency of their use. In recent years, the emphasis has begun to change from that of simply ensuring water availability...
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The dominant approach for water resources planning in Egypt is to develop local resources (groundwater, re-use of drainage and domestic waste-waters, sea-water desalination, flash floods and rain harvesting) and to improve the efficiency of their use. In recent years, the emphasis has begun to change from that of simply ensuring water availability...
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In the present study a Decision Support System to Evaluate the Groundwater Quality (DSS-EGWQ) was developed. Through this DSS the suitability of using the ground water for different uses can be determined. Moreover, it can be used to help in managing water uses, identifying water quality problems, evaluating the performance of pollution control pro...
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Given the water-food-energy interconnections, integrated planning, policy and management using the nexus approach are required for the food production system. In this study the nexus and non-nexus approaches are compared to propose an optimal cropping patternthat considers water, energy and economic parameters. Linear optimization was applied to co...
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This article illustrates a method for applying the water-food-energy nexus approach to propose an optimal cropping pattern. The proposed cropping pattern maximizes economic water and energy productivity and minimizes water and energy use. Through this method a water-food-energy nexus index is applied. A case study from Egypt is applied to illustrat...
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Analysis the water–food–energy nexus is the first step to assess the decision maker in developing and evaluating national strategies that take into account the nexus. The main objective of the current research is providing a method for the decision makers to analysis the water–food–energy nexus of the crop production system at the national level an...
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Appraising Irrigation Scheduling Models in Accordance with Water Saving Criteria By Maryam M. Mostafa1 Inas El-Gafy2 1 Associate Professor, Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring, National Water Research Center, Egypt, mar_most2004@yahoo.com, tel. (002-0101537715)fax.(00202)42174663. 2 Researcher, Strategic Research Unit, National...
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en Water, energy, and food are interrelated and critical resources for human well‐being and environmental goals. Single‐sector national strategies that focus on individual sectors of the nexus without considering their interconnections may lead to acute unanticipated consequences. In the present study, the system dynamic model platform was used to...
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As a cross-cutting issue, climate change is increasingly recognized as an important factor in development oriented planning and decision-making. Assessing vulnerability to climate change at different scales is therefore an essential step in the assembly of baseline information to support policy development and strategic planning. Climate change is...
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Developing strategies for the water sector in integrated manner is essential. The present study details the development and uses of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) to be applied as a holistic tool for the conceptualization of water strategies in Egypt. The WPI herein considers the following: (i) water availability; (ii) access to water taking into ac...
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Increasing greenhouse gas emission has become a worldwide concern as it is considered a major driver of global warming and climate change. Clear picture of greenhouse gasses emissions due to utilizing energy for on-farm irrigation pumps is a key guide for decision makers to identify strategies for greenhouse gasses emission reduction that consequen...
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Intended for comprehensive assessment of water usage in agricultural for food production and to address its future, it is essential to scrutinize the dynamic behavior of crop production and its water footprint and virtual water trade. Through the current research a System Dynamic model that can be applied to estimate crop production, water footprin...
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Rational decision making for water management issues requires reliable estimates of the economic value of water. Given the importance of the water resources and agricultural sector to regional economies, and the importance of irrigation to the agricultural sector, it is necessary to understand the economic performance of water use in crop productio...
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Water is a limited resource that needs sustainable management, which aims to develop and protect it. Without a proper management, water will become a constraining factor in the socioeconomic development of Egypt. Giving information on the economic value of water enable decision makers to take informed choices on water allocation to face the growing...
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Rational decision making for water management issues requires reliable estimates of the economic value of water. Given the importance of the water resources and agricultural sector to regional economies, and the importance of irrigation to the agricultural sector, it is necessary to understand the economic performance of water use in crop productio...
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The water resources and agricultural policies in Egypt tend to minimize the food gap, increase self-sufficiency, maximize the economic value of water, decrease the cultivated area of voracious crop water and optimize the water allocation and use. The main goal of the present study is developing a decision support system that can be utilized to assi...
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Egypt has limited available water resources. One of the main targets of the national water resources and agricultural policies in Egypt is the optimal use of these scarce resources. The free cropping pattern policy applied in Egypt gives farmers the right to decide on the cultivated crops according to their own choice. Pollution of the environment...
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The mismatch between the supply and demand, inequitable distribution and the over irrigation of water consuming crops are the main constraints that are faced in the implementation of the integrated water resources management in Egypt. With water scarcity, the problem under consideration is that the current cropping pattern is not economically effic...
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Virtual water is an exhaustive concept as it links water with the process of crop production. Food security can be limited locally by the availability of water. Actually, Water scarcity is considered a major constraint in the further development of the agriculture sector in Egypt. The main objective of the current research is to help in the future...
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Rising temperature lead to increase evaporation and increase the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere, which in turn lead to increased precipitation. Analyses of current climatic trends in Egypt reveal a warming trend in recent decades with over all country mean temperature increasing by 1.4°C and 2.5°C as projected for years 2050 and 2100....
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The sustainability of Water User's Associations (WUAs), as a first form of participatory management approach in irrigation sector, and their success with respect to the adequacy and quality of the service provided and financial control are ultimate goals that should be monitored and evaluated periodically. Monitoring, evaluation, and measuring the...
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Through the current study a Decision Support System under the name of DSS-EEQRA to evaluate the environmental quality of rural areas was developed. DSS-EEQRA was developed to evaluate four main components in rural area. These components are water quality, water quantity, soil quality, and farmer quality of life. For each component a specific evalua...
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Non-conventional water use became a policy to augment Egypt's limited fixed freshwater resources. Non-conventional resources includes: The agriculture drainage water, treated sewage, and treated industrial water. Reuse of Non-conventional water appears to be one of the most talented, practical and economical means of increasing the Egyptian water b...
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Non-conventional water use became a policy to augment Egypt's limited fixed freshwater resources. Non-conventional resources includes: The agriculture drainage water, treated sewage, and treated industrial water. Reuse of Non-conventional water appears to be one of the most talented, practical and economical means of increasing the Egyptian water b...
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A Decision Support System for River Nile Water Quality Assessment under the name DSS-RNWQA was developed through the current study. In General DSS-RNWQA helps in the environmental management in Egypt, where it can be used in assessing of the pollution level of the main source of fresh water in Egypt. The developed DSS provides information and helps...
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In the present study a Decision Support System to Evaluate the Groundwater Quality (DSS-EGWQ) was developed. Through this DSS the suitability of using the ground water for different uses can be determined. Moreover, it can be used to help in managing water uses, identifying water quality problems, evaluating the performance of pollution control pro...

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