United Journal of Agricultural Science and Research Review Article Volume 1 The Water Use in Agriculture in the Algerian Central Sahara: What Future? Bouchemal S* Department of GTU, RNAMS Laboratory, University of Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria *Corresponding author: Received: 25 Nov 2020 Copyright: Accepted: 08 Dec 2020 ©2020 Bouchemal S et al., This is an open access article Salah Bouchemal, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons At- Department of GTU, RNAMS Laboratory, University Published: 15 Dec 2020 tribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distri- of Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria, bution, and build upon your work non-commercially. E-mail:
[email protected] Citation: Keywords: Bouchemal S. The Water Use in Agriculture in the Al- Water; Irrigation; Foggara; Agriculture; Development; gerian Central Sahara: What Future?. United Journal of Central Sahara; Algeria Agricultural Science and.Reserach. 2020; V1(2): 1-5. 1. Abstract 2.1. The Water Use in Central Sahara The study on the use of water in the Algerian Central Sahara shows In the Central Sahara, agriculture is one of the main sources of in- that this resource has given much hope to the development of ag- come. It obeys two types of water exploitation system, a traditional riculture in this part of Algeria, thanks to a law that has allowed system, which is based on irrigation by foggara, and another called the granting of concessions to the farmers in different parts of the modern, based on the techniques of sinking wells or boreholes but country. This has given rise to several forms of agricultural de- whose charges are very important and therefore do not allow an velopment, each with its own particularities, but everywhere the appreciable extension of the cultivated areas.