Egypt to create New Delta reclaiming 4.2B square meters

CAIRO – 29 March 2021: Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al Sayed Al Qusair stated Sunday in a phone-in that the national project of creating a new Delta spanning over a million feddans (one feddan is equal to 4,200 square meters) will be executed in two years.

The area will be cultivated with strategic crops like wheat, corn, and vegetables, the minister pointed out noting that laboratory and field studies have been finalized.

The minister had told press earlier that the cost of reclamation per feddan is LE200,000, as reported by Al Mal newspaper.

In parallel, the ministry is planning to implement a developmental project in Marsa Matrouh consisting of pastures, rainwater harvesting facilities, livestock breeding farms, biogas units, rehabilitation of natural resources, and sand dune fixation in Siwa Oasis.

The ministry also aims for bolstering the cultivation of olive trees and olive oil extraction. That is in addition to boosting the cultivation of fig for both local consumption and exportation as well as processing.