GAINS FROM IMPROVED IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN EGYPT by Abdelaziz A. Gohar Graduate Research Assistant Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business New Mexico State University Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt e-mail: zizo_1800@yahoo.com and Frank A. Ward Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 e-mail: fward@nmsu.edu June 14, 2011 Financial support for this work by the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau is gratefully acknowledged. Forthcoming: International Journal of Water Resources Development