Agriculture
Ambassador of Egypt to Lebanon, Dr. Yasser Elwi, met Saturday with a number of members of the Lebanese government, to discuss ways to support and develop economic bilateral relations between Egypt and Lebanon.
Ambassador of Egypt to Lebanon, Dr. Yasser Elwi, met Saturday with a number of members of the Lebanese government, to discuss ways to support and develop economic bilateral relations between Egypt and Lebanon.
That has been accomplished over 18 phases since May 2017 when the campaign was launched by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
Nonetheless, it is expected to double by mid-2022.
That was while inaugurating via video-conference Bahr Al Baqar Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is the world's largest.
It will serve the reclamation of 400 feddans (one feddan equals 4,500 square meters) in Sinai.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi followed up on Saturday on achieving optimum use of wain water and floods in developing rain-fed agriculture.
The president tweeted on the occasion.
“Egypt’s Future” project is part of a comprehensive project "New Delta,” which covers a total area of 2.2 million feddans for cultivating crops that will be selected in terms of the nature of the soil, climate of the region, and water sources.
The old varieties of rice used to consume 7,000 to 8,000 cubic meters of water per feddan, while the new varieties consume 5,000 cubic meters, he added.
In the report, the agricultural exports reached 4,433,006 tons topped by exports of citrus, potatoes, strawberry, guava, mango, garlic, grapes and watermelon.
Cotton worldwide used to be colored but a mutation occurred turning the specie into white, Mosaad explained.
Fish, poultry, and livestock, and tourism and urban services will be provided as well, he said. Also, a total of 100 acres will be allocated to the production of Spirulina algae.
That is because the dish is rich in 40 percent of the nutrients needed by children suffering from such problem.
That is equivalent to LE 73.8 billion.
The need for using donkeys in agriculture began to decrease after paving roads and inventing vehicles and machines in the agriculture fields, he said.
A report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation revealed that the state has spent hundreds of billions of pounds on the infrastructure, with the major New Delta project coming atop.
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al sayed al-Qusair received Tuesday the South Sudanese minister of animal resources and fisheries to discuss joint cooperation.
The bill will regulate fishery activities and facilitate investments in this promising domain.
IFAD has financed rural development projects in Egypt, with a total value of $ 1.12 billion, targeted nearly 1.5 million Egyptian rural beneficiaries since 1979.
