ClimateCafé Cairo and Nile Delta 2025: A Journey of Agricultural Innovation and Sustainability
ClimateCafé Cairo and Nile Delta 2025 has come to an end. During this edition of ClimateCafé, we explored the innovations that Egyptian farms are applying to address the challenge of food production in the Nile Delta. Egypt relies on the Nile River for 97% of its water uses. Over the past 60 years, the Egyptian population has grown four-fold, while the country’s renewable water resources from the Nile have remained unchanged, leading to severe water scarcity.
During the ClimateCafé, students from Cairo University’s Faculty of Agriculture and the Water Management program at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences visited Tulima Farms, Rijk Zwaan, Mahmoud Helmy Farm and SEKEM that use modern hydroponic and grafting techniques to increase food production with less water. We would also like to thank these farms for showcasing their amazing solutions for a sustainable future.
A big thank you to Ehab Mostafa, Mostafa Helal, Mona Awd, and Mohamed ElManylawi for organizing this program. Special thanks to Folkert de Jager and Omar Latif, water management experts at the Dutch embassy in Cairo. Thank you to my colleagues Andy Bruijns and Roos Tuinder for organizing this together with me. And especially the young professionals from both universities that joined the ClimateCafe; Jasmine Tamer Abaza, Safa Abdeletaif Mohammed, Tabark Adel Hassen, Sahla Rayan, Asmaa Ashraf, Nada Nabil, Nour Elmahdy, Nadia Ahmed, Malak Hani, Omar Mohamed El-Shahat, Lindy de Rooij, Alain Lemire, Ciska Brenner, Janna Den Engelse, Jielis Duijzer, Justin Stolk, Moos Mansoer, Sven Vroegindeweij, Thom Van Der Lely, Toby Dagevos Opleiding Watermanagement
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ClimateCafé Egypt, January 2025
