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Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk, met with Brik Aren, Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), and discussed prospects for joint cooperation between the ministry and the organization during the coming period.
The newly-appointed minister of irrigation and water resources, Hani Sweilam, held Monday a meeting with senior officials at the ministry to discuss under-progress and future plans.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has urged the government to study supply prices of agricultural crops for the new season, said Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Sunday.
The volume of Egyptian agricultural exports declined from September of 2021 till February 2022 to hit 1.843 million tons against 1.959 million tons during the corresponding period of 2020/2021 season.
The economic researcher explained how that has been achieved.
Egypt is among the world's top 10 exporters and producers of certain crops.
In 2010, Egypt's strawberry exports did not surpass $11 million.
There are big investment opportunities in agriculture in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) countries.
A wrap-up for the most prominent business news of the day.
An informed source from the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation dismissed reports on Ethiopia to start storage of water behind Renaissance.
