Egypt’s President Abd El Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday
presided over a meeting to follow up on the provision of the necessary
facilities and services for a host of major agricultural development projects
across the nation, with focus on electricity, water and irrigation sectors.
Discussions mainly addressed the Egypt’s Future
Project in the New Delta as well as agricultural development projects in
Fayoum, Minya and Beni Sueif, “SanabelSono” project in Aswan, and the Dakhla
project in Southern Egypt, Presidency Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said. These
projects are part of state keenness to provide high-quality agricultural
products to the local market, at affordable prices, as well as increasing
exports to foreign markets, Fahmy added.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Moustafa
Madbouli, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, Minister
of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilum, President’s Advisor on Urban
Planning Maj Gen Amir Sayed Ahmed, Head of the Amed Forces Engineering
Authority Maj Gen Ahmed elAzazi, and Executive Director of the Future of Egypt
for Sustainable Development Authority Colonel Bahaa el Ghannam.
President Sisi gave directives to continue and boost
efforts to benefit from the successes realised by the projects, in a manner
likely to contribute to achieving the state’s strategic objectives, namely
promoting the agricultural sector, and increasing the cultivated areas, with
the aim of ensuring food security and protecting it against international
fluctuations, as well as bolstering the growth of national income, Spokesman
Fahmy noted.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
