Food & Climate
A 91% of Egypt’s agricultural land is productive and sustainable for planting because its non-degraded soil, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) report.
It issued the Sustainable Development Index Calculation Report 2-4-1 “Percentage of Agricultural Area Allocated to Productive and Sustainable Agriculture”.
That targeted to collect data on family and non-family farms, to provide detailed information for monitoring and calculating the indicator, based on the international methodology of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), according to the three dimensions of sustainable production: economic, social and environmental.
This indicator measures progress towards achieving target 2-4 of the goals of the second goal of the Sustainable Development Goals, which focuses on ensuring the existence of sustainable food production systems, and the implementation of strong agricultural practices that lead to increased productivity and yields, help preserve ecosystems, and enhance the ability to adapt to climate change and to confront extreme weather events, droughts, floods and other disasters, and gradually improve the quality of land and soil, by 2030, according to the report that “Food & Climate” platform received today.
The survey results showed the following:
– 99% of agricultural lands provide food security to their owners.
– 94% of agricultural lands have official documents guaranteeing their owners their legal rights.
– 91% of agricultural land is productive and sustainable for agriculture (good, non-degraded soil).
– 89% of agricultural lands achieve profitability and good values for the net income received by their owners.
– 74% of agricultural lands adhere to safe limits for pesticide use.
– 70% of the agricultural land area has availability of water designated for irrigation.
– 67% of agricultural lands achieve acceptable crop productivity.
– 66% of agricultural lands are committed to using measures to reduce excessive use of fertilizers.
– 58% of agricultural land, the average wage for its workers guarantees them a decent life.
It is worth noting that by announcing the value of the index, Egypt will join 47 other countries in the world that have only reported the value of the index, including four Arab countries (Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Libya).