Land Reclamation
The high rate of population growth made it mandatory to expand the surface area of agricultural lands in order to achieve self-sufficiency and reduce the import bill.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday inaugurated a series of major development projects in the South Valley region, including mega water lift stations in Upper Egypt’s Toshka and expansive road networks.
That is within a plan to increase the supply of food products, offering them in reasonable prices in the local market and also exporting.
In 2014, the Egyptian government launched a series of projects aimed at protecting Sinai from flash floods.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held a meeting Sunday with a number of ministers and officials to follow up on the progress rate of the implementation of land reclamation projects.
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al Sayed al-Qusair met Speaker of the Senate of Equatorial Guinea Teresa Efua Asangono.
LE750 billion were spent on development projects in Sinai.
The government also plans to increase the surface area of reclaimed lands, within the One Million and Half A Million Feddans Project, to 810,000 feddans.
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sweilam noted in a TV interview Saturday that the water poverty line is 1,000 cubic meters per capita per annum and that the figure in Egypt is half that quantity.
The latest yearly report by the Land Reclamation department of the Ministry of Agriculture shows significant advances in the 1.5 million feddan ationak project.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi launched Sunday the wheat harvest season, and inaugurated a potato processing factory at East Owainat in the New Valley.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held a meeting Tuesday with senior officials to follow up on land reclamation projects southern the Nile Valley.
Moussa noted that the water to be used in such reclamation endeavors is the outcome of projects implemented to achieve efficiency.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released a report Monday on land reclamation in 2020/2021.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has urged providing all elements of success to land reclamation projects across Egypt in parallel with the governance of management and operation of these projects.
The spokesperson of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez, stated in a phone-in Saturday evening that the elimination of terrorism over the past years was not merely a security work.
The matter was discussed Thursday in a meeting comprising President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and officials.
The progress rate of the project has been detailed.
The number of projects implemented there is 438.
The economic researcher explained how that has been achieved.
