Egypt’s National Agricultural Projects Target 4.5 Million Additional Feddans

Egypt’s national agricultural projects aim to add 4.5 million feddans of farmland, according to Dr Ahmed Abou El-Yazid, vice dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Ain Shams University.

Abou El-Yazid said the primary purpose of the state-led projects is to strengthen the country’s food security.

He linked the planned expansion of agricultural land to that objective, presenting the projects as part of Egypt’s efforts to bolster its food security system.

The 4.5 million-feddan figure represents a target for the projects, rather than an area Abou El-Yazid said had already been brought into cultivation.