More than thirty years have elapsed since the proposal to build the High Dam at Asswan was accepted and thirteen since it was completed. From the outset it has been a centre of controversy–-initially for political and economic reasons and later because of misgivings about its environmental side-effects. This article reviews the case for construction of the dam and its impact on Egyptian agriculture.
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