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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.
Egyptian agriculture transitioned toward an export-oriented production in which entrepreneurs bought arable land from the Egyptian government at low costs. This export-led agriculture benefitted the wealthy in Egypt and foreign companies, while displacing farmers and making it difficult for the poor to buy food due to high food prices in the ...
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]
Egypt's tourism sector is eying a gradual recovery after revenues plunged by nearly 70% to $4 billion in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism minister and travel companies said. The ...
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 ...
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Arabic: وزارة السياحة والآثار, romanized: Wizārat al-Siyāḥah wa-al-Āthār) is the Egyptian government organization which serves to protect and preserve the heritage and ancient history of Egypt.
In 2017, the European Union and Egypt finalized plans for environmental and other projects valued at 600 million Euros. [5] In late 2017, the Ministry announced they had seen a reduction of 13-15% in the burning of rice by rice farmers, a practice that causes a black toxic cloud. [6] [7]
The Egyptian constitution placed the social aspect of equality and inclusion as a cornerstone of the National Agenda for sustainable development, as it stipulates, “We write a constitution that achieves equality between us in rights and duties without any discrimination,” and its fourth article states, "Sovereignty is for the people alone, that they exercise and protect it, and they are ...