What Egyptian public works project designed to help feed its growing population instead served to increase food imports?

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The high dam project at Aswan, while intended to control the Nile's flooding, generate electricity, and increase agricultural production, ultimately led to issues such as soil salinization and a decrease in the natural deposition of fertile silt, necessitating increased food imports to meet the country's needs.

What Egyptian Public Works Project Designed to Help Feed Its