November 2, 2022

Al-Sisi monitors ongoing agricultural production and land reclamation projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi followed the ongoing national projects for agricultural production and land reclamation, especially in Toshka, and the Future of Egypt project in the New Delta.

Al-Sissi met Monday with Amir Sayed Ahmed, adviser to the president for town planning; Hisham El Swefy, Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority; Walid Abul-Magd, director of the National Service Projects Authority for the Armed Forces; and Essam Al-Sheikh, director of the vehicle department of the armed forces.

The meeting was also attended by Tawfiq Sami, chairman of the Egyptian Co. for Reclamation of Desert Land, and Bahaa El-Din El-Ghannam, director of the Future of Egypt project.

During the meeting, the President was briefed on the progress of work in the above-mentioned projects, including infrastructure projects; roads, modern irrigation, sewage treatment plants and electricity.

He ordered to provide all the necessary heavy agricultural equipment and machinery at the highest level in preparation for the winter planting season and to achieve the highest possible production rate from the reclaimed agricultural area on the scale national.

The President stressed that these projects should be implemented in such a way as to strengthen the state’s efforts to develop the agricultural production sector with a view to achieving self-sufficiency in strategic crops, as well as offering thousands employment opportunities in various disciplines and to establish productive activities and industrial companies.