The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented its second Rapid Water Accounting (RWA) workshop for the second site in Minya (1st workshop/site in Kafr El Sheikh), with the objective of presenting the progress made by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) so far in water accounting and also collect information to update the rapid water accounting report. A total of 25 participants attended the three-day workshop, whom included representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, MWRI, and partner organizations.

Minya governorate located on the left bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt, is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population as of March 2019 of 5 807 919 (CAPMAS, 2019). FAO is working on a number of different activities in Minya governorate under the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries”, including RWA activities.  

In Minya governorate, the total cultivated area is around 490 000 feddans, cultivated with different strategic crops including wheat, sugar cane, sugar beet, corn, potatoes, medicinal herbs, fava beans, and export crops such as grapes and garlic. Furthermore, the regional project focused on two main crops in Minya governorate, sugar cane which is around 36 000 feddans, and sugar beet, which is around 46 000 feddans.