25% of workforce in Egypt are farmers, 85% of them categorized as ‘small farmers’: NACDW official – Egypt Today

25% of workforce in Egypt are farmers, 85% of them categorized as ‘small farmers’: NACDW official – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 9 December 2023: Head of the development sector in the Coptic Evangelical Organization explained in her speech at the National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) conference that nearly 25% of the workforce in Egypt are farmers, 85% of them are categorized as 'small farmers'.

She noted in her speech that the idea of the ‘Planting initiative’ was suggested by the Coptic Evangelical Organization to NACDW in October 2022, and that then they started cooperating with NACSW in the agriculture sector with the participation of small farmers.

‘Plant initiative’ was launched in November 2022 with the strategic wheat and soybean crops.

During the conference, President Sisi listened to different examples for small farmers projects that was funded by the ‘Plant initiative’ in different governorates, as he praised their efforts and thanked them.

Health sector

In the Health sector, NACDW Medical advisor Hala Salah explained that nearly third of the NACDW’s budget has been allocated only to health services.

She noted that LE 110 million were provided as support for treatment and medical services.

She noted that specialized hospitals owned by the government provided 1.9M services at a cost of EGP 2.6B.

She also explained that 3,594 medical convoys reached 1.3M people at a cost EGP 350M