README file
Data Set Title: MADFORWATER. WP3 Adaptation of technologies for efficient water management and treated wastewater reuse in agriculture. Task3.3 Integrated physical and economic model for land and water use optimization. Tunisian, Egyptian and Moroccan basins
Data Set Authors: Consuelo Varela-Ortega (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-4097; Paloma Esteve (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1216-9156; Irene Blanco-Gutiérrez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-3339; Najib Boubakri (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1393-3657; Alessandra Scardigno (Instituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9196-1090; Nicola Lamaddalena (Instituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari); Roula Khadra (Instituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2117-1557.
Data Set Contributors: Ameur Cherif (Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7310-3842; Habib Chouchane (Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet), http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-3758; Khaoula Belguith (Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet), http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0479-4122; Alaa El-Din Abdin (National Water Research Center); Alaa Abdel Motaleb (National Water Research Center); Redouane Choukr-Allah (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II); Mohamed El-Otmani (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II).
Data Set Contact Persons: Consuelo Varela-Ortega (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-4097, consuelo.varela@upm.es [for UPM part];  Alessandra Scardigno (Centro Internazionale di Alti Studi Agronomici Mediterranei), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9196-1090, scardigno@iamb.it [for IAMB part].
Data Set License: this data set is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.       
Publication Year: 2020
Project Info: MADFORWATER (DevelopMent AnD application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the needs of Mediterranean African Countries), funded by European Union, Horizon 2020 Programme. Grant Agreement num. 688320; http://www.madforwater.eu/.
Data set Contents
The data set consists of:
•	a compressed folder named M4W_WP3_T3-3_UPM.zip* containing
o	5 tabular files saved in .xlsx/.xls format 
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Fieldwork-Crops-yields.xlsx
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Fieldwork-Irrigated-areas.xlsx
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Fieldwork-La-production-vegetale.xls
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Fieldwork-Semences-Pesticides-Fertilisants.xls
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Reference-Yield-Price.xlsx
o	1 textual file saved in .rtf format 
M4W_WP3_T3-3_Tunisia-case-study-description.rtf
o	1 folder README file saved in .rtf format
M4W_WP3_T3-3_UPM_README.rtf
*The files contained in this folder are under embargo until the 30th of November 2024, to allow the authors to publish the results and exploit them. 
•	a compressed folder named M4W_WP3_T3-3_IAMB.zip containing
o	10 tabular files saved in .ods format
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_egypt_YIELDS.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_egypt_COSTS.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_egypt_PRICE.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_egypt_NIR.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_egypt_WATERSUPPLY.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_morocco_YIELDS.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_morocco_COST.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_morocco_PRICE.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_morocco_NIR.ods
M4W_WP3_T3-3_rep_morocco_FERTLISER.ods
o	1 folder README file saved in .rtf format
M4W_WP3_T3-3_IAMB_README.rtf
•	the README file of the whole dataset saved in .rtf format
M4W_WP3_T3-3_README.rtf
Data set Documentation
Abstract
This dataset includes MADFORWATER Task 3.3 data, that were used for the development, application and calibration of an integrated agro-economic model with hydrology and water parameters for optimizing farm income, cropping pattern and water allocation in the three case studies area of MADFORWATER project. The case study areas are: the irrigated farming system in the Kafr-El-Sheikh Region (Egypt), the citrus farming system in Souss-Mass region (Morocco), and the annual and permanent irrigated farming in the Nabeul Governorate (Tunisia). 
In particular, the dataset includes data on: cultivated and irrigated surface cropping patterns, irrigation requirements and schedules, water availability and water consumption, crop characteristics (yields, prices and production costs), economic performance (farm income, labor use, etc.), performance indicator of irrigation technologies.
The data scale is referred to the 3 selected basins, where the integrated technologies and strategies were tested and implemented. 
The integrated model validated and tested  was used in other MADFORWATER tasks, such as those developed in WP5, to develop water & land management strategies for an optimal exploitation of the irrigation technologies developed WP3, and for the assessment of the impact of economic instruments for improving irrigation efficiency and for enhancing wastewater reuse in agriculture.
Potential users for this dataset include: (i) policy-makers or other decision-makers involved in water management and planning or agricultural policy development; (ii) researchers and companies active in the fields of treated wastewater (TWW) reuse, water resources management, irrigation and agricultural and natural resource economics.
Notes 
Detailed descriptions (the content of each file, the data sources and, in some cases, the methodologies used) are reported in the readme files contained in each folder of the dataset (i.e. M4W_WP3_T3-3_UPM_README.rtf and M4W_WP3_T3-3_IAMB_README.rtf).