Minister of Agriculture

Egypt’s agricultural exports exceeds 2.2 million tons in 1st quarter of 2024

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 11:15 GMT

Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture El Sayed El Quseir, announced Monday that Egyptian agricultural exports exceeded 2.2 million tons of agricultural products in the first quarter of 2024, amounting to about $1.5 billion, an increase of $300 million over the same period of the previous year.

Egypt releases 119,000 tons of corn, soybeans worth $65 million: Agriculture Minister

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 - 01:23 GMT

Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture El-Sayed El-Qusair announced the release of 119,000 tons of corn and soybeans, worth about $65 million during the period from 7/6/2023 to 13/7/2023.

Egypt’s authorities release 237K tons of corn, soybeans worth $107M stuck at ports

Mon, 08 May 2023 - 02:07 GMT

Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Elsayed al- Quseir, said that during the period from April 28 to May 3, 237K tons of corn and soybeans worth about $107 million, were released from ports, in an increase of 22,000 tons over last week.

Egypt rejected Indian wheat shipment for health concerns, collected 3.7 mln tons from farmers: Min.

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 - 01:31 GMT

So far, Egypt has collected around 3,740,000 tons of local wheat from farmers during the ongoing wheat season.

Agriculture min., UN resident coordinator discuss fostering cooperation

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 - 11:10 GMT

Minister of Agriculture and land Reclamation El- Sayed el-Quseir discussed on Thursday with UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt Elena Panova means of fostering cooperation in various agricultural domains.

New Delta is ‘unique’ project, aims to strengthen Egypt’s strategy in agricultural, urban expansion: Agriculture minister Advisor

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 - 06:42 GMT

Advisor to Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Naeem Moselhy, revealed in statements, Tuesday the details of the new delta that President Abdel Fattah el Sisi directed to implement within the coming period.

10 information to know about Egypt’s New Delta project

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 - 06:17 GMT

Here is the most important information you need to know about the New Delta Project:

Minister: We cooperate with FAO for improving food security

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 - 03:06 GMT

Minister of Agriculture Ezzeddin Abu Steit on Wednesday said that food security in Egypt is of first priority.

Egyptian potatoes enter Turkish markets: Minister

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 - 01:52 GMT

The export of potatoes to Turkey will begin effectively from Thursday, after all the necessary procedures and technical conditions have been met.

Date plantation to make Egypt world's 2nd biggest date producer

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 - 12:20 GMT

The biggest date plantation the government is currently working on will make Egypt the second biggest date producer across the world.

Why is Egypt’s government promoting quinoa cultivation?

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 - 01:11 GMT

Having the potential to aid food security in the 21st century in the context of climate change, a national campaign to expand the cultivation of quinoa.

Bahrain, Kuwait lift ban on Egypt’s exports of crops

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 - 10:38 GMT

Earlier in October, the ministry announced that Egypt’s agricultural exports rose by 13.9 percent during the first nine months of 2017, amounting to 4.1 million tons.

Lawmakers vary on new government procedures to end land encroachments

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 - 05:29 GMT

Egyptian government seeks to put end to land infringements with new procedures that resulted in debates among lawmakers.

148 loans approved to promote agriculture sector worth LE 173M

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 - 12:22 GMT

The loans were approved to support the agriculture development programs and activities, benefiting 454 small farmers and breeders.

Egypt invited as guest of honor at International Green Week in Berlin

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 - 12:35 GMT

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Abdel Moniem el Banna said Monday.

Egypt, Italy cooperate to boost agricultural crops’ quality

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Abdel el-Moneim el-Banna discussed on Saturday the implementation of a number of projects with Felichelong Bardi.

No export ban on Egyptian grapes and strawberries

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 - 03:31 GMT

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Small Industries has not decided to prevent the export of grapes and strawberries or any agricultural.

Minister of Agriculture discusses Siwa development project

Tue, 23 May 2017 - 08:35 GMT

Minister of Agriculture stressed the importance of developing the Siwa Oasis with the director-general of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development .

Cultivation of extra 100K feddans of cotton this season

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 - 09:48 GMT

A hundred thousand feddans of cotton (1 feddan = 1.038 acres) have been cultivated in various governorates

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