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The aim of this research was primarily to analyze the impact of the financing role played by the Agricultural Bank of Egypt in financing Egyptian agricultural development projects. Based on published and unpublished secondary data issued by the Agricultural Bank of Egypt and the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics during the time period (2011/2012-2020/2021). The descriptive and quantitative analytical method was used by calculating arithmetic averages, relative coefficient of variation, relative importance, and growth rate. One of the most important results of the research was: an increase in the relative importance of short-term investment loans (52.9%) compared to medium-term investment loans (43.1%), with a very low relative importance of long-term investment loans (4.1% of the total investment loans granted by Bank for the agricultural sector). The distribution of investment loans is focused on developing some activities (livestock projects and agriculturerelated businesses) rather than others, which leads to an imbalance in growth rates and the occurrence of unbalanced economic development that may lead to negative effects on the national economy in the long term, despite the importance of mechanization projects. Agriculture, land reclamation, and poultry and fish production did not receive much attention, and this reflects a clear imbalance in the structure of agricultural credit as a result of an imbalance in the distribution of agricultural loans, as the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (which is an agricultural bank according to the philosophy of its establishment in accordance with Law No. 17 of 1976) was supposed to contribute a greater role. In such vital areas due to their importance to the state's economic and social development programs. The majority of plant production loans provided by the bank were directed mainly in cash, with a very low percentage of in-kind loans, with loans for the purposes of obtaining chemical fertilizers occupying the largest proportion of in-kind loans granted to finance plant production during the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]