Egypt’s Gabal El-Asfar wastewater project: a model for sustainable development

Bright sunshine has replaced the rosy light of dawn. But Abel Gaber has no time to admire the view of Cairo on this spring morning. Now in his fifties, the agronomic engineer is too busy supervising his employees on his 130-hectare farm. His is an unusual – and experimental – farm in the Egyptian landscape, in the governorate of Al Qalyubia in Cairo. As he explains, “The farm is irrigated using treated wastewater from the neighbouring treatment plant” in Gabal El-Asfar, the next-door district. […] Read More