The spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Mohamed al-Qersh announced that Egypt's agricultural exports have amounted to 5.1 million tons of fresh commodities and vegetables, worth US$2.6 billion, until the beginning of August.
The Russian war on Ukraine opened a new door for cooperation between Egypt and African countries, especially in the field of agriculture and food security.
Egypt unveils strategy to adapt to water shortages With a growing population, limited water resources, and the prospect of a decreased annual share from the Nile River, Egypt finds itself obliged to revert to water-saving agricultural practices. A farmer waits for the irrigation system to finish watering his field in Kafr al-Dawar village in northern Egypt s Nile Delta, on Nov. 26, 2018. - MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images
May 4, 2021
CAIRO Egyptian authorities have disclosed a new strategy to conform to limited water resources amid expectations of a reduced annual share from the Nile River because of the dam constructed by Ethiopia.
Egypt plans New Delta to boost food security Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the implementation of a megaproject to cultivate 1 million feddans west of the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt. The project, dubbed New Delta, aims to create modern agricultural and urban communities as well as industrial complexes that operate in the field of agricultural production.
An Egyptian farmer harvests wheat in Saqiyat al-Manqadi village in the northern Nile Delta province of Menoufia in Egypt, on May 1, 2019.
April 6, 2021
The Egyptian government plans to implement a megaproject to cultivate over 1 million feddans (one feddan equals 4,200 square meters), in a move aimed to boost food security in the Arab world’s most populous country.