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Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf about to be engulfed
Middle East

Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf about to be engulfed

From the ancient citadel overlooking the valley, Ridvan Ayhan looks at the Tigris with a furrowed brow. The river that…
World Bank offers Egypt $500 mn for agriculture
Economy

World Bank offers Egypt $500 mn for agriculture

In a meeting with Agriculture Minister Ezz El-Din Abu Steit, the World Bank offered Egypt a flexible loan of US$…
Egypt below water poverty level: Minister
Egypt

Egypt below water poverty level: Minister

  Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezz Eddin Abo Setit said on Wednesday that Egypt suffers from water…
Egypt’s rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam
Business

Egypt’s rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam

Rice farmers in Kafr Ziada village in the Nile River Delta have ignored planting restrictions aimed at conserving water for…
Egypt, OFID sign $53.2mn irrigation project agreement
Business

Egypt, OFID sign $53.2mn irrigation project agreement

Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and Chairman of the OPEC Fund of International Development (OFID) Suleiman al-Herbish…
LE 1.1 bn allocated for solar energy irrigation of New Valley wells
Egypt

LE 1.1 bn allocated for solar energy irrigation of New Valley wells

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Irrigation, in the New Valley governorate, Magdy al-Shahat, announced on Wednesday that LE 1.1 billion…
Water shortage ruins crops on 10,000 feddans of Daqahlia farmland
Egypt

Water shortage ruins crops on 10,000 feddans of Daqahlia farmland

Farmers in Daqahlia have complained of the loss of rice crops on more 10,000 feddans of farmland due to shortages…
Egypt looks to avert water crisis driven by demand, waste
Egypt

Egypt looks to avert water crisis driven by demand, waste

"For a thousand years," Abdullah Sheikh's family has been working the land the same way — flooding fields in Egypt's…
Red Sea employees spray-paint trees to conceal irrigation blunder
Egypt

Red Sea employees spray-paint trees to conceal irrigation blunder

A few meters away from the Red Sea Governorate's office, and in a garden housing a memorial statue, employees at…
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