And the ambitions of British policy 121 feddan, and what helped make this agreement possible was the construction of the Aswan Dam, which made Egypt's position more secure in low flood Niles, while preserving the right to extend this agreement when the Nile waters become more controlled than they are, and the water revenue for the two countries becomes more abundant, as actually happened in 1912, when the Aswan Dam was completed and the cultivated area in Sudan was increased to 20,000 feddans, and up to now (1919) this right, which allows for the cultivation of 20,000 feddans in summer, has not been fully utilized. Nevertheless, the Sudan government is now preparing a project aimed at cultivating 300,000 feddans in the near future, which requires about a third of the water in spring each year. This project is possible because both countries are arranging to obtain a more abundant water revenue. This is the immediate program, but there are major projects postponed for the future because the area of the .... 30 feddans is only a unit of area totaling approximately three million feddans. It may be possible to complete them under the summer irrigation system around the end of the current century.

But long before that, i.e., 30 years from now, Egypt will have reached the peak of its agricultural development, and Sudan will have reclaimed about a million feddans, and it will not be necessary to consider any further agricultural reclamation in Sudan until that point is reached, around 1955.

Conclusion The following statement, No. 2, summarizes the foregoing considerations in general terms and indicates the areas awaiting availability for cultivation in each decade of the years: 16