In a year full of achievements, the Ministry of Agriculture and land reclamation revealed the implementation of a huge package of development and strategic projects aimed at enhancing food security, supporting the horizontal and vertical expansion of agricultural production, improving the quality and safety of products, up to enhancing export capabilities. The following are the highlights achieved during the year:
🔹 Major national projects:
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Implementation and completion The new Delta project, The largest in land reclamation at an initial cost 300 billion pounds.
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350 thousand acres In a project The future of Egypt As the nucleus of this gigantic expansion.
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Continuation of work on the project Development of the Egyptian countryside For reclamation 1.5 million acres.
🔹 Vaccines and improved varieties:
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Expansion of the Provision of approved vaccines For strategic crops.
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Development of 26 hybrid varieties For vegetable crops, the activation of the national program for the production of vegetable grafts.
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Focus on crops Short life and high productivity To address climate change.
🔹 Contract farming and marketing:
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Activation The contract agriculture system For crops such as cotton, corn, soybeans, and sunflower.
🔹 Control and exports:
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Tightening control over production supplies.
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Tightening control over agricultural exports and applying Phytosanitary standards.
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Agricultural exports amounted to 5.6 million tons During 2022 with an increase of approximately 472 thousand tons From the previous year.
🔹 Improvement of livestock and poultry production:
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1.4 billion birds And14 billion eggs Annually within the investments of 100 billion pounds.
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30 Dagny production facilities are classified as”bird flu-free".
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Increase the production of veterinary vaccines from 120 million to 2 billion doses Annually.
🔹 Digital transformation and technology:
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A boom in Digital transformation And artificial intelligence applications.
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Completion of Al Falah card application In all provinces.
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Financing of agricultural crops with an average 6-7 billion pounds per year.
🔹 Development and service initiatives:
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Execution 967 public utility projects Within the “Decent Life " initiative.
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Targeting Establishment of 332 Agricultural Service Centers In 20 provinces.
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Establishment of the Luxor Center for development and innovation in Upper Egypt.
🔹 Storage and food sustainability:
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Expansion of the The silo project, And increase the storage capacity of 1.4 to 5.5 million tons.
🔹 Scientific research:
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Publish More than 2000 international researches In agriculture, animal and climatic production.
With these projects, the Ministry of agriculture proves that sustainable development in the Egyptian countryside has become a reality, and that the future of Agriculture in Egypt is steadily moving towards achieving self-sufficiency and increasing export capacity.