Sisi lays out food and water security plans at Egypt Forum 2026 session

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi joined a food and water security session at the Egypt Forum on Wednesday, attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.

• Sisi said Egypt's strategic goods reserves will cover six months amid global supply chain disruptions.
• Sisi announced the state is ready to reclaim 10 million feddans once required water resources become available.
• Sisi said planned cash subsidies will be more equitable and transparent, with citizens' data already compiled.
• Supply Minister Sherif Farouk said silo storage capacity has risen from 1.4 million to 4.3 million tons.
• Sisi called for governing water consumption in Siwa, including regulating well drilling, and for restoring polluted lakes to natural productivity.
• Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk announced targets to raise red-meat self-sufficiency to 70 percent by 2030 and agricultural exports to $20 billion within three years.
• Future Egypt Authority head Bahaa El-Ghannam said the agency added about 4 million feddans over 12 years and funds its food-security work from internal resources.
• Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilem said expanding modern irrigation in Delta lands must rely on soil and crop studies, as some areas face salinity.
• Sweilem stressed reusing treated drainage water for Sinai and New Delta projects and digitizing 22,000 irrigation channels.
• Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk said water-saving practices now cover 2.4 million feddans, up from 836,000 in 2014, targeting 3.4 million by 2030.
• Supply Minister Sherif Farouk said Egypt received about 5 million tonnes of domestic wheat in the 2026 season, up from roughly 4 million tonnes in 2025.
• Farouk said the state aims to achieve full self-sufficiency in subsidized wheat by 2030.