On Saturday, Egypt saw the inauguration of a 34,000 feddan- greenhouse project in the north of Cairo. The massive project, which consists of over 7,000 agricultural projects implemented under the auspices of Chinese and Spanish firms in collaboration with the National Company for Protective Cultivations, was inaugurated by President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi. According to local outlets, the president had stated that the project which was intended to not only save water but to also provide an increase in organic production, had been the fruit of a two year process. The greenhouses are expected to yield around 1.5 million tones of vegetables per year, according to Mohamed Abdel-Hai, CEO of the National Company for Protective Cultivations. Green houses, slowly gaining popularity in countries where the climate does not guarantee fruitful yields and crops, are structures with walls and roofs mostly constructed in transparent material. They are used to monitor, grow and regulate climatic conditions which help with the growth of plants and produce. The project is also expected to provide at least 75,000 job opportunities, increase food production four times as much and improve the manipulation and usage of irrigation water. Sustainable…
