Egypt’s Sisi orders increasing area of agricultural lands in Sinai – PM

Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed the government to increase the area of the agricultural lands in Sinai, especially in North and Central Sinai, according to MENA on Monday.

Madbouly’s remarks came on Monday during his meeting with Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati and Agriculture Minister El Sayed El Quseir.

After finalising the projects of waste-water treatment plants in Sharqiya and Ismailia governorates, new lands will be prepared for agriculture, the premier noted.

The prime minister pointed out to a preliminary report about the viability of new lands for cultivation in North and Central Sinai.

He assigned the two ministers with conducting detailed studies about these lands to be reviewed by President Sisi.