Giza 99: new long-staple highly productive cotton specie to be endorsed in Egypt in 2025

CAIRO – 16 July 2024: Communication Coordinator at the Cotton Research Institute Mostafa Emara stated Tuesday that a highly productive commercial long-staple specie – dubbed Giza 99 or Extra Giza - will be endorsed in 2025.

The specie is the outcome of mixing Giza 93 and Giza 71, and has a productivity of 8-9 quintels per feddan. The last high-quality specie endorsed in 2022 was Giza 98. It has a productivity of 10 quintels per feddan, and is cultivated in Sohag and the New Valley this season.

A common long-staple specie is Giza 97, whose productivity is 7-8 quintels per feddan, and is cultivated, this season, in Lower Egypt's Menoufeya, Qalyoubiyah, Gharbia, Sharqia, and Beheira. The cultivation process takes up to 150-160 days, and saves up to 10-15 percent of irrigation water.