Written by - Dina Khaled: Kamel El-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Trade, confirmed that the 8th International Date Festival in the North Coast is receiving significant support from His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in light of the state's interest in developing promising industrial and export sectors in which Egypt possesses significant competitive advantages, in order to contribute to the state's industrial development plan aimed at increasing the industrial sector's contribution to the Gross Domestic Product. The minister pointed out that the presidential directives included the implementation of major strategic projects in the palm sector, including the establishment of the world's largest palm farm with a capacity of 2.3 million palms in the Toshka and El-Oweinat regions. This came in the context of the minister's speech delivered on his behalf by Major General/ Sherif El-Rashidi, Head of the Industry Affairs ...