Agriculture
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi launched Sunday the wheat harvest season, and inaugurated a potato processing factory at East Owainat in the New Valley.
The step comes as the agriculture sector receives great attention from the political leadership during the recent period.
This marks a 10% increase according to a report prepared by Ahmed Al-Attar, Head of the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine
During the meeting, the President was briefed on joint efforts by the various specialized authorities with regard to the horizontal and vertical expansion projects to increase the size and productivity of the agricultural area in Egypt.
Egypt has added one million feddan of agricultural lands over the past 8 years, and for the first time in the country's agricultural history, it has used on the contractual farming approach.
The development plan also aims to adopt appropriate plans to achieve the goals of local agricultural production growth, and provide the necessary water to increase the agricultural area, by directing investments amounting to (11) billion pounds distributed over a number of projects.
The total value of the Finance Ministry's initiative, approved by the cabinet in January, is LE 150 billion, the largest share of which (LE 140 billion) will be used to finance capital money, and the other LE 10 billion is dedicated to financing the purchase of capital goods.
President El-Sisi was briefed on efforts to develop the necessary infrastructure and provide machinery and equipment for modern irrigation methods, water plants and agricultural mechanization, Fahmy said.
Madbouli pointed out that the focus has been on three main axes: agriculture, land reclamation, industrial development and tourism development.
The General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI) hosted Sunday in Cairo the meetings of the Egyptian-Uzbek Business Council.
This came during Qusair’s meeting with Brazilian Ambassador to Egypt Antonio de Aguiar to discuss means of boosting agricultural cooperation.
The minister elaborated that Italy wants to establish an energy hub in Europe in cooperation with other Mediterranean states.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met Sunday with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani
The experiment succeeded, under the supervision of the Directorate of Agriculture in Qena and the competent authorities, and proved its effectiveness compared to submersion cultivation in other crops.
Further, the municipal authority is currently paving a dust road to the lake, extending on 60 kilometers.
Seven of those are located in Aswan, while one lies in Beni Suef.
They would be developed by the National Authority for Military Production.
The official noted that the total size of potato exports throughout the year was 875,000 tons.
The expert highlighted that the poultry industry alone needs around 900,000 tons of feed per month.
The initiaitive is planned to be completed over seven years.
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