Egypt revives Western Desert agricultural project - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amr Emam

Amr Emam

Jan 5, 2022

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in front of a new canal. — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in front of a new canal that he hoped at that time would irrigate the Western Desert and increase the country's habitable area from 5.5% to 30% by the year 2025. — STR/AFP via Getty Images

Hany Mousa, 38, collects mandarins at a farm on December 27, 2016 in the Egyptian village of Abu Ghalib, in Cairo's northern Giza province. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt acts to rescue its farmland from urban sprawl

Amr Emam

An employee works next to hay coming out of a threshing machine during a harvest of wheat crop in 6 October village in the Nile Delta province of Al-Baheira, northwest of Cairo May 22, 2014. Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, has bought around 3 million tonnes of local wheat from farmers since the harvest began last month, the supplies minister said on Saturday. The figures are an indication that the government appears likely to meet its aim for local purchases this year. Picture taken May 22, 2014.

Egypt initiates plan to ensure food security

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

This picture shows an aerial view of the southernmost tip of the Nile Delta region, including the Qanater al-Khayreya Nile River barrages, north of Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 15, 2021.

Egypt presses on with mega water projects despite burden on state coffers

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian workers harvest wheat in Saqiyat al-Manqadi village in the northern Nile Delta province of Menoufia, Egypt, May 1, 2019.

War in Ukraine pushes Egypt to ramp up wheat production

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture