East Owainat for Agricultural Development
The location of the activity:East Al Owainat area - Investors Road - Al Wadi Al Jadeed, plot No. 14, where the company's farm is in the middle of the East Al Owainat project in a privileged location.
The area allocated to the company: 10 kilos by 10 kilos equals: 24 thousand acres, 10 thousand acres of which are allowed to be cultivated to provide groundwater, and 80 wells have been drilled, each well flowing from 230 to 250 cubic meters of fresh water in The hour and each well irrigates an area of 125 acres and the soil is sandy and under it is a red layer mixed with silt and the soil analyzes are excellent. The rest of the land will be used for non-agricultural purposes, such as food industries, silos, and others.
Agricultural tenure certificate: The company has agricultural holdings and is affiliated with the Agricultural Association in Mut (Dakhla) New Valley Governorate
Agricultural crops that were cultivated: Wheat, corn, barley, alfalfa, peanuts, potatoes, garlic, and watermelon.
Total reclaimed and cultivated wells:The reclaimed (80) wells with an area of 10,000 acres, most of which were previously cultivated with crops and alfalfa for several years, which enriched the land.
Soil type: Sandy to sandy loamy, flat and flat, which is one of the best types of soil for agriculture
Irrigation water quality: The average salinity of the irrigation water is from 300 to 640 ppm Irrigation from the Oweinat reservoir, the Nubian Basin, through wells, with submersible water pumps with a capacity of 150 hp, to extract 230 m3/h
Licensing of wells:74 wells have been licensed by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and the remaining six are being licensed
The entire road network was built, all wells were dug, licenses were obtained for drilling wells from the Ministry of Irrigation, and the infrastructure necessary to live and work in the desert environment was established by constructing housing for workers, a mosque, technical workshops, a truck scale, stores, a semi-automated bakery and a supermarket In the project to serve the workers and the people of the region in general
The national electricity grid is connected to the company's borders
The company's farm is in the middle of the East Al Owainat project, which contains 22 companies the size of the East Al Owainat Company, and the company's location is distinguished in the middle of the East Al Owainat project
There is an airport in East Owainat used by private planes and the army, and EgyptAir plans to operate scheduled flights. Two roads link the region to the south in Luxor and the north to Dakhla.