The Governor of Fayoum is discussing with the National Authority for Remote Sensing delegation ways to enhance cooperation in agricultural, tourism and urban development.

The Governor of Fayoum is discussing with the National Authority for Remote Sensing delegation ways to enhance cooperation in agricultural, tourism and urban development.

Reviewed the efforts of the National Authority for Remote Sensing to account for the winter crop structure in the Fayoum governorate.

Discuss ways of collaborating to maximize the use of medicinal and aromatic plants.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, discussed with the delegation of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences the strengthening of joint cooperation in the use of satellite data and artificial intelligence to account for strategic agricultural crops, support agricultural development plans, and develop ecotourism in the province, in the presence of Dr. Muhammad Al-Tuni, Deputy Governor.

The delegation of the Authority included Dr. Abdelaziz Bilal, Head of the Division of Agricultural Applications, Soil and Marine Sciences of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Dr. Mohamed Abou Al Ghar, Head of the Division of Agricultural Applications of the Authority, and Dr. Mona Younis, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Applications Department.

During the meeting, the delegation of the Authority reviewed the efforts of the Remote Sensing Authority to assess the integrated winter crop structure in Fayoum governorate for the year before the previous year and to monitor, analyse and map current problems facing the agricultural sector in the governorate.

The two sides discussed ways of joint cooperation to maximize the use of the medicinal and aromatic plants for which the governorate is famous, and to study the impact of pollutants on Lake Qarun and the efforts made in this context, and how to benefit from the research being conducted by the Authority to use the "nanoparticles" technique to purify organic pollutants from the "Bats Drain" water before it reaches Lake Qarun, as part of efforts to restore the environmental balance of the lake and preserve aquatic life there.

The Governor of Fayoum, referring to the diversity of environments and activities in the governorate of Fayoum and the dependence of a considerable number of its inhabitants on agriculture, stressed the need to make the best use of ecotourism and desert tourism as one of the Egyptian treasures, given its role in increasing national income and developing local communities, and pointed to the desire to maintain the expansion of ecotourism, but in a way that preserves the biodiversity of protected areas.

Al-Ansari also reviewed a number of conservation efforts in the field of environmental rebalancing of Lake Qarun, such as the rehabilitation of the industrial sewage plant at Kom Ushim to prevent industrial pollutants from being mixed with agricultural wastewater before it reached Lake Qarun, the construction of a number of sewage stations serving villages near the lake and the upgrading of existing plants, as well as salt-extraction projects, efforts to eliminate the isopod to protect the fish population of Lake Qarun, and the formation of a number of working groups and committees.

The Governor of Fayoum pointed out that the expertise and potential of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science could be used to study the soil quality of the lands along the southern coast of Lake Qarun, which suffer from excessive salinity, in order to determine the actual area, soil quality and crop composition of the land in question in order to generate an economic return for the State and for citizens, taking advantage of the comparative advantages of the conservation potential.

The two parties agreed that the Authority delegation would submit a comprehensive proposal and an integrated plan of action for the proposed areas of joint cooperation with the governorate within two weeks; To discuss them and develop the necessary procedural steps for implementation.

On his part, Dr. Mohamed Abu Al-Ghar, head of the Agricultural Applications Department of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, referred to the mechanism of the agency's work in using satellite data and artificial intelligence to account for strategic agricultural crops in the various governorates of the Republic and to study the problems of the agricultural sector in each governorate, stressing that modern technologies used by the authority and artificial intelligence contribute to identifying and studying many problems and finding appropriate solutions for them.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the delegation of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science, Governor of Fayoum, presented a copy of the main strategic crop maps of Fayoum Governorate, which are the result of cooperation between the Authority and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.