In Photos: Egypt’s Sisi inspects Mostaqbal Misr mega agricultural project in Dabaa

In Photos: Egypt’s Sisi inspects Mostaqbal Misr mega agricultural project in Dabaa

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inspected on Friday a mega project aimed at major expansion of agricultural production through the reclamation of 500,000 feddans along the Dabaa Axis Highway in the country's north west.

According to an official statement, Presidency Spokesman Bassam Rady said the new project, dubbed Mostaqbal Misr, comes as part of the state's strategy to maximize productive opportunities in the areas of land reclamation and agricultural production.

The project is a new addition to the series of mega developmental projects under-execution by the state in all fields and across the country, Rady explained.

Mostaqbal Misr aims to provide high quality crops with affordable prices to the public, fill the gap in the local market between imports and exports in order to save foreign currency for the national economy.

The president was briefed on the development in the project by officials on the ground.

El-Sisi ordered bolstering coordination and cooperation between concerned bodies to complete the project, which would be an added value to the country's arsenal of national projects in the field of agriculture and food.

Mostaqbal Misr will also provide thousands of direct job opportunities, hundreds of thousands of indirect job opportunities, as well as