Egypt's New Egyptian Rural Development Company has launched a new administrative and service area and a model farm in El-Tor, South Sinai, expanding its agricultural and development projects into the Sinai Peninsula. The inauguration ceremony on Wednesday was attended by several cabinet ministers and the South Sinai governor. The initiative aims to consolidate a modern urban and developmental identity in the heart of Sinai.
Major General Amr Abdel-Wahab, the chairman and managing director of the company, stated that the company is “launching new tributaries of sustainable development from the heart of Sinai.” He described the new administrative area in El-Tor as a step towards “consolidating a modern urban and developmental identity in the heart of Sinai.” The project works to establish an integrated agricultural community serving as a practical model for the state’s vision of building a “new and sustainable Egyptian countryside,” in line with the political leadership’s directives and the “New Republic” strategy.
The administrative area in El-Tor represents a “smart management centre” for the activities of the national project to reclaim and develop 1.5 million feddans in Sinai. It includes model farms, administrative offices, logistical and service facilities, and provides technical support to farmers and investors around the clock. The new infrastructure features modern road, electricity, water, and communication networks built to international engineering standards, creating an attractive environment for agricultural and developmental investment.
The company also inaugurated a new mosque in the area, which Abdel-Wahab described as a “fundamental pillar for the stability of the new agricultural community.” Scientific studies and field tests have proven the fertility of El-Tor’s lands and their agricultural diversity, qualifying it to become a centre for producing strategic crops and enhancing Egypt’s food security. The model farm includes fig, olive, mango, and date palm trees, as well as wheat, barley, and vegetable crops, in addition to a fish farming pond and livestock enclosures. It relies on modern irrigation systems and smart resource management. Abdel-Wahab concluded: “Sinai is not just another location within the national project; it is its beating heart, full of promising agricultural opportunities.”