Egypt inaugurates 2024 harvest season at mega land reclamation project


CAIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Monday the harvest season of the Future of Egypt Project for Sustainable Agriculture, the state-run Ahram Online news website reported.

The project, covering over 1.05 million feddans (1.09 acres), is part of Egypt's mega agricultural project New Delta, which was initiated to achieve self-sufficiency in strategic crops and produce surplus food for export, according to the report.

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