Ministry of Agriculture

Egypt to increase subsidized fertilizer prices by up to 30%

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 - 10:12 GMT

The objective behind this decision is to mitigate the significant surge in production costs experienced recently.

Gov't denies news of deadly virus affecting poultry

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 01:14 GMT

The Cabinet’s media center has denied reports claiming that a new deadly virus is affecting poultry in farms.

Egypt plants 3M wheat feddans since November 2023: Agriculture Minister

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 02:44 GMT

During the meeting, El-Quseir also discussed the status of a variety of agricultural crops, stressing that they are available in the markets in appropriate quantities and prices

Egyptian agricultural exports witness robust growth in first half of 2023

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 - 06:35 GMT

The Minister of Agriculture expressed his gratitude to Egyptian farmers and exporters.

Cairo 3A, Ministry of Agriculture to establish largest poultry project in Middle East

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 - 10:03 GMT

Cairo 3A for Agricultural and Animal Production along with the Ministry of Agriculture will be implementing the largest pourtly project in the Middle East and Africa, according to statement, Thursday.

Cooperation protocol to develop technological infrastructre of Agriculture Ministry

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 - 11:34 GMT

The two-year duration protocol aims at activating the applications of information technology as a main engine to develop electronic services presented to the workers in the agricultural sector and remove the administrative obstacles.

Cabinet denies shortage of winter fertilizers in governorates

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 - 03:24 GMT

The Cabinet denied news on social networks about a shortage of winter fertilizers in governorates.

Agriculture min. orders swift implementation of 'Farmer's Card' system

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 - 10:05 GMT

He also noted that this new system will help farmers receive the subsidies they are entitled to and will also help to establish a vast database.

Egypt’s agriculture exports exceeds 5M tons: Gov.

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 - 05:40 GMT

Egypt’s agriculture exports hiked to exceed five million tons during the period from January 1, 2019 to December 18

Minister: Africa faces major challenges to maintain food security

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 12:17 GMT

Abu Steit said Tuesday the African continent is facing major challenges to maintain food security and manage resources well.

Egypt’s mango exports rise up to 15211 tons

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 - 09:05 GMT

Egypt’s mango exports have risen to 15211 tons, according to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday.

Egypt, EU discuss funding agricultural projects

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 - 09:50 GMT

The agriculture minister stressed the EU's continued support for Egypt as being one of the key development partners in the different economic and social sectors

Ukraine wheat export memorandum with traders to be signed soon: minister

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 - 11:18 GMT

Ukraine will soon sign its annual wheat export memorandum with traders, the new Minister of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov told Reuters.

Egypt hits record in sugar crops production this season - min.

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 - 08:30 GMT

Abu Steit said on Monday that the sugar crops production in Egypt hit this season 2.48 million tons, marking an increase of about 320,500 tons compared to the previous year.

Deputy agriculture min. hails Egyptian-Chinese cooperation

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 - 09:48 GMT

Mona Mehrez, the Egyptian Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Livestock, hailed the Egyptian-Chinese cooperation as an example for Sino-African relations.

Egypt's citrus exports rise to 1.20 million tons

Sat, 11 May 2019 - 10:29 GMT

Egypt has exported 1,220,999 million tons of citrus fruits to all countries since the beginning of the new export season of fruits and vegetables.

Agriculture Ministry develops lakes, especially Lake Qaroun

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 - 12:00 GMT

This came during Qersh commented on the problem of Lake Qaroun and its great pollution as well as the loss of fish wealth.

Egypt ranks 1st among fish producing countries in Africa, 7th in world: Min

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 - 12:20 GMT

“Egypt ranked first among fish producing countries in Africa and seventh in the world in fish farming,” the agriculture minister announced on Wednesday.

Egypt's exports of potatoes to Europe rise to 200K tons

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 - 12:13 GMT

Since the beginning of the export season of agriculture products, Egypt's exports of potatoes increased to 200,000 tons.

Egypt exports 514k tons of citrus since start of new season: official

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 - 09:39 GMT

Egypt has exported 514,000 tons of citrus fruits to all countries since the beginning of the new export season of fruits and vegetables.

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