Drought Fears Grow as Nile Talks Run On

Drought Fears Grow as Nile Talks Run On

The tripartite negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia concerning the controversial Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river are still shrouded in uncertainty, instilling fear of drought into about 50 percent of the population, and thousands of Egyptian farmers whose livelihoods rely on cultivating only 3 percent of Egypt's territories.

As the Nile River supplies about 93 percent of Egypt's annual renewable water resources, the construction of the dam imposes great threats to the nation, if a sustainable agreement on its operational rules and the process of filling its reservoir is not reached.

Egyptian farmers speak up

Speaking to Business Today Egypt, Head of Farmers' Syndicate Hussein Abdel-Rahman Abu Saddam explains that if the agriculture sector