Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-Summary§25 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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Egypt (…) has also discouraged the production of crops that use water intensively, such as cotton and sugar. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-I§28 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Measures |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
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To promote more FDI inflows, large infrastructure projects are also under way, notably the Suez Canal Development Project. (...) Other investment initiatives include: (...) renewable energy projects; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§11 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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The main agricultural policy orientation has been successively defined by the 1990 Agricultural Strategy Towards 2017 and the 2009 Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy Towards 2030 (SADS 2030). Among the challenges identified by these strategies are the following: improving the efficiency of water resources used for irrigation; (...) and preparing the agricultural sector to adapt to climate change.
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Sustainable
Natural resources
Climate
Water
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§12 |
Egypt |
2018 |
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General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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The objectives of the Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy Towards 2030 (SADS 2030) are the following: (...)
• Achieving sustainable use of natural agricultural resources; (...)
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Sustainable
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§13 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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Regarding, in particular, the improvement of the standard of living of the rural population, the SADS 2030 plans to use the following policy instruments: (...)
• Maximizing farmers' use of agricultural residues, both from plants and animals, and turning them into useful materials with added economic value (fertilizers, feed and energy), also contributing to improving the cleanliness of the rural environment; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§16 |
Egypt |
2018 |
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General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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Arable land is a scarce resource in Egypt as most of the territory is covered by desert and agriculture is competing with urbanization for the use of land in areas such as the Nile Valley and the Delta. In addition, land suffers from excessive fragmentation, which slows down the adoption of modern water and crop management techniques. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§33 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
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(...) In order to achieve the above-mentioned goals, the GAFRD has deployed a five-axis policy, which consists of: (...) (d) the development of resources by increasing the productivity of lake and Nile waters via the release of fish fry and the depollution of waters; (...)
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Natural resources
Pollution
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§37 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
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(...) The primary fuel mix of Egypt's energy sector for the same year was: gas (53%), oil (41%), hydroelectric (3%), coal (2%), and solar and wind (1%). (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§39 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
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The Government is continuing its efforts to increase Egypt's electrical generation and distribution capacity through a combination of new investments and of regulatory reforms opening and partially unbundling the sector, with particular attention to renewable energies. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/367/REV.1 |
S-IV§40 |
Egypt |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
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Energy is considered the second pillar of the 2016 "Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030" which includes ten such pillars. Some of the main objectives set by this Strategy with respect to energy are: ensuring energy security for Egypt; maximizing the utilization of domestic energy resources; reducing the intensity of energy consumption; changing the energy mix by relying more on renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar power; initiating a legislative reform aimed at encouraging private sector participation in the renewable energy business; encouraging the use of coal in electricity generation or as an alternative fuel for some industries; building at least one nuclear power plant; encouraging the adoption of technological solutions and applications to rationalize energy consumption and to optimize the exploitation of available energy resources; and promoting the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies. The Strategy aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by 5% between 2016 and 2020, and by 10% by 2030.
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Climate
Energy
Sustainable
Renewable
Environment
Green
Emissions
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