Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the New Delta agricultural project in Giza on Sunday. The initiative forms part of efforts to expand farmland and improve food security.
The project seeks to reclaim and cultivate approximately 2.2 million feddans using treated agricultural drainage water. It includes extensive infrastructure such as water pumping stations, roads and power facilities.
According to a statement from the Egyptian presidency, total investments have reached nearly EGP 800bn. Development costs range between EGP 350,000 and EGP 400,000 per feddan, and the project features around 12,000 kilometres of roads.
Al-Sisi noted that 19 major pumping stations and power stations with a combined capacity of around 2,000 megawatts were built. The effort is expected to create about two million sustainable job opportunities, with private sector companies handling cultivation.