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The Ministry of Agriculture was established on 20 November 1913. In 1996, it was renamed Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. One of its goals is to address sustainability in agriculture such as better ways to do agricultural irrigation. [2] [3] In 2016, an agency from Switzerland was put in charge of inspecting Egypt's imported wheat.
A major port city along the Mediterranean coast in Egypt, Damietta, relies on the fishing industry, tourism in Ras El Bar, and real estate as its primary source of income. [10] In Damietta's fishing sector located in Izbat al-Burj surrounded on the east coast by Lake Manzala , approximately 10,000 individuals make their living as local fishers ...
In 1952 Egypt’s private sector accounted for 76 percent of economic investment. Following the nationalization plans carried out by President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the effort to build a post-independence socialist state, this percentage drastically shifted within a few decades to government investment accounting for over 80 percent of economic investment. [1]
Tourism is one of the leading sources of income, crucial to Egypt's economy.At its peak in 2010, the sector employed about 12% of workforce of Egypt, [1] serving approximately 14.7 million visitors to Egypt, and providing revenues of nearly $12.5 billion [2] as well as contributing more than 11% of GDP and 14.4% of foreign currency revenues.
In 2009, the sector employed about 12 percent of Egypt's workforce. [1] In 2016, the minister of tourism expressed his concern and optimism about tourists returning to Egypt, despite the downing of a Russian flight in 2015. The minister has said "we are all in this together," referring to terrorism that hurts a country's tourism industry. [2 ...
The Egyptian tourism industry is one of the most important sectors in the economy, in terms of high employment and incoming foreign currency. [127] It has many constituents of tourism, mainly historical attractions especially in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, but also beach and other sea activities. The government actively promotes foreign tourism ...
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Egypt's Ministry of Military Production has developed an integrated plan to develop the country's system of military manufacture, at a value of £E 7.3bln (US$465,000,000). The overall plan aims to meet the needs of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 2020 to 2030, and to direct the surplus for export in the period from 2025 to 2030.