Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green launched on Monday a new USD 37 mn farm productivity project called Feed the Future, PR wire APO Group says. The project aims to increase productivity across Egypt’s agricultural value chain. Green stressed that “helping our partners to improve agricultural productivity is one of our very highest priorities.” USAID also gave the University of Alexandria a USD 30 mn grant to develop a center of excellence in water research, making it the largest funded project in the university’s history, reports the local press. Green also met with Investment Minister Sahar Nasr to discuss projects to develop infrastructure and the social safety net in Egypt, according to an Investment Ministry statement.

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