Agriculture Ministry
El Quseir underlined on Sunday the necessity of intensifying efforts to develop farmlands and valleys to increase the livestock production.
Sisi has instructed the officials to double the funding for the National Project for Veal Revival with an additional sum of EGP 2 billion to serve the best interest of citizens.
A funeral will be held for Wali in Fayoum governorate, his birthplace.
About 893,000 tons of wheat have been harvested so far, the ministry said.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture denied any locust swarm attack on Egypt, saying the ministry only detected, through its centers nationwide, some individual cases.
Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry denied reports about alleged spread of locust swarms along the Egyptian borders, saying it has a comprehensive plan to confront any possible locust attack, the Cabinet media office reported.
The Planning Ministry said that realizing food security and self-sufficiency of strategic commodities is a top priority.
Ministry of Agriculture issued a report revealing that Egypt's exports of agricultural products rose to 1 million and 111,000 tons.
This decision does not affect fish prices in the markets.
Minister of Public Business Sector Hisham Tawfik discussed with Agriculture Minister Ezz El-Din Abou Steit on Thursday means to boost the spinning and weaving industry in Egypt and promote the cultivation of short stable cotton.
The Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ) issued an official publication with instructions to guarantee that the bacteria does not enter the country.
Russia’s agricultural quarantine authorities flagged two potato shipments from Egypt contaminated with potato brown rot.
Egypt’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it was awaiting instructions from the cabinet on a court ruling which reinstates a ban on wheat imports.
"As the news was very unexpected, retail investors are likely to cash out and put their money in time deposits," said a broker.
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority denied Tuesday issuing any past statements or decisions regarding banning the import of Egyptian strawberries into the UAE.
An auction was held by the Ministry of Agriculture, collecting 51.368 million EGP during Sunday and Monday’s sessions to sell 39 plots over 747 feddans.
