Jojoba farm at Hurghada is grown on tertiary-treated sewage water
The Upper Egypt Development Authority says the plantation has produced about 150 tonnes of jojoba seed and took first place in the Red Sea governorate in a national green-projects initiative.
6 November 2026
A jojoba plantation in the desert at Hurghada is irrigated with tertiary-treated sewage water, according to the Upper Egypt Development Authority, which runs the scheme.
The authority says the first phase of 1,000 feddans produced an early harvest of 70 tonnes of seed, and that output has since reached about 150 tonnes on the project's own figures. It describes two further phases of 1,000 feddans each as planted, while also referring to a target of expanding to 3,000 feddans, so the account does not make clear how much is in the ground now.
The project took first place in the Red Sea governorate in the fourth round of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects for 2026. The authority says it is studying whether to repeat the model in ten governorates.
The authority presents jojoba — whose oil is used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing — as a high-value export crop and an investment opportunity. Students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Al-Azhar University in Assiut visited the site on a study trip.