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The following report summarises the key take-aways and conclusions from the workshop organised on the 4th of June 2024 in Cairo focused on land use consolidation in Egypt.
The purpose of the workshop was to generate a basic understanding of the principles of land use consolidation including the benefits and crucial elements to consider. This included the presentation by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), World Food Programme (WFP), German Development Agency (GIZ), Land Water Food Consult, and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The workshop was hosted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Egypt (EKN). Additionally, the workshop acted as a kick-off for the LAND-at-scale project in Egypt implemented by GIZ.
The workshop confirmed that fragmentation of land is an urgent issue in Egypt, and a barrier for agricultural development and efficient water management. Programs as executed by WFP and LAND-at-scale Egypt can proof the instrument of land use consolidation and applicability in Egypt. The roundtable discussions reflected a number of key points from the presentation, including the potential role of the private sector and contract farming in land use consolidation, making sure that land use consolidation is demand driven and locally embedded including enforcing the role of agricultural cooperatives whether this be CDAs, WUAs or farmer cooperatives, and increase coordination among stakeholders also at local level to avoid duplication of efforts and project fatigue at farmer level. Thus, the workshop was a good first step towards this objective and to strengthen the network working on land use consolidation.