Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (Egypt)

The Ministry of Agriculture is one of the most ministries that have been merged and separated with a number of other ministries such as agrarian reform, land reclamation and other ministries.Although the Ministry of Agriculture has had an independent glasses since 1875, ie, in the era of Riad Pasha and belonging to the Prime Minister and is concerned with agricultural affairs and assigned its tasks to One of the French "de Bellino" was interested in irrigation and water distribution.

In 1882, its functions were assigned to two councils called the Council of Agriculture within the Ministry of Works, to show Egypt's need for an official body to handle all agricultural matters. Hence, the Egyptian government issued the law in November 1910 No. 34 on the formation of the first department of agriculture within the Ministry of Works.

On November 20, 1913, the High Order was issued to establish the Ministry of Agriculture. Mohamed Moheb Pasha was the first Minister of Agriculture and was based in El Falaky Street in Cairo as an independent ministry until the revolution of 23 July.