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A delegation from African-Asian Rural Development Organization visits Desert Research Center. The delegation headed by Dr. Manoj Nardyosinghe, Secretary General of the organization, and Mr. Mohamed Rashwan, the regional coordinator of the organization in North and East Africa. The visit aims for the two parties to agree to organize joint cooperation programs to exchange experiences..

 Professor Dr. Hossam Shawky, President of Desert Research Centre, welcomed Professor Yahu Kang, former Dean of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources research in China. The visit came with the aim of starting a joint project between DRC and the Chinese Institute. The project is entitled “Raising the efficiency of irrigation systems, water..

With funding from the Academy of Scientific Research, a team from the College of Desert Agriculture – King Salman International University, in cooperation with Desert Research Centre and the Agricultural Research Centre, conducted a research experiment, which is calculating water consumption, for growing olive trees in South Sinai region, using the Sap flow device. The..

The festival was organized by Ministry of Trade and Industry, with the participation of Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, and in cooperation with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), and United Arab Emirates Desert Research Center participated with a number of Siwa Research Station products, including..

Dr. Hossam Shawky, President of Desert Research Center, met with the General Director of Arab Organization for Agricultural Development to discuss ways of cooperation between the two sides, on the one hand and between the  organizations and concerned parties on the other hand, to achieve sustainable agricultural development The meeting discussed the organization’s projects, its..

Following to the progress of work at the research stations , Dr. Hosam Shawky President of Desert Research Center, visited Baloza and Qantara research stations, in North Sinai Governorate. This came in implementation of the directives of Mr. Al-Qaseer, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, regarding the Sinai development plan. He visited the development work..

Dr. Hossam Shawky, President of Desert Research Center welcomed Dr. Nasr El-Din Hag Al-amin Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative in Egypt to discuss the future cooperation in South Sinai region with the presence of  FAO Vice Representative . This comes within the framework of the plan of Mr. Al-Qaseer, Minister..

Within the framework of the Egyptian political leadership’s assignment to the Authority of the necessity of local manufacturing of water treatment and desalination units in cooperation with research centers and universities, Dr. Hosam Shawky – President of Desert Research Center met with Major General Hazem Fahmy – Head of the Technical Sector of the Arab..

Based on the important role of Desert Research Center to build sustainable Arab agricultural and food systems, Palestinian researchers from “Green Girls” visited DRC to benefit from DRC experience in the project “Developing a model farm in Gaza, to enhance safe agricultural production”. Dr. Hosam Shawky, President of Desert Research Center, said that the visit..