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Egypt seeks closing its food gap

Om the other hand, Cairo fears that th huge Ethiopian renaissance dam will reduce the flow of Nile water, which provides about 90 percent of Egypt's water needs.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) speaking with unidentified officials during the inauguration of the first phase of a project to build 100,000 greenhouses using water-preserving irrigation system, at Mohamed Naguib military base in Hammam city,
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - the first phase of a project to build 100,000 greenhouses. Source: AAP (EPA/EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY)

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