Egyptian minister, American University discuss desalination for food production

Egypt's irrigation minister Hani Sweilam met American University in Cairo officials to discuss cooperation on desalination for intensive food production.

• Sweilam met Hossam El-Zayat, deputy director of AUC's CARES center, to discuss boosting cooperation on desalination for intensive food production.
• Sweilam said desalination for intensive food production is a pillar of the second generation of Egypt's water system 2.0.
• He stressed intensifying applied research to lower desalination costs and energy use, boosting the economic viability of using desalinated water in food production.
• He emphasized studying economic uses of highly saline water, including extracting valuable salts and minerals or producing algae and brine shrimp.