Egypt expands reclamation of arable land to grow strategic crops – Egypttoday

Egypt expands reclamation of arable land to grow strategic crops – Egypttoday

CAIRO - 9 April 2020: "President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi directed the government to expand the reclamation of arable lands nationwide to grow strategic crops," said Egyptian presidential spokesperson Bassam Radi in a statement on Thursday.. "Over the past 8 years, Egypt has lost 8,014 feddans of arable lands due to 1.9 million cases of encroachment and violations," said the Central Department for Land Protection at the Ministry of Agriculture in a report issued in August 2019.. "Egypt's agricultural lands covered 10 million feddans (one feddan equals about 1.038 acres) in 2015, compared to 9.6 million feddans in 2010," the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) noted in a report issued on September 19, 2016.. Heart disease awareness initiatives on the rise, prevention remains critically important in Egypt. Egypt excludes restaurants' delivery guys from night-time curfew decision. Egypt launches 1st phase of black sand separation, extraction project in Rashid.