Egypt wants the development to help increase the value of state assets and boost land prices through "non-traditional, innovative ideas," Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said.

A large proportion of their crops of wheat and maize are really water intensive to grow, need a lot of area, and can't support efficient irrigation methods. Egypt eventually started importing as ...

Egypt’s GDP growth rate ... agricultural output while saving on water consumption and is part of a larger plan to add 1.5 million feddans of agricultural area. When complete, the project could ...

CAIRO – Egypt's parliament has passed a law banning the cultivation of crops that require a large amount of water, amid fears that a massive Ethiopian dam being built upstream could cut into the ...