Latest in Tag: Ministry of Agriculture Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture, ABE cooperate to support poultry farmers, milk collection centres
The protocol was signed by Alaa Farouk Zaky, Chairperson of the bank and Moustafa El Sayyad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Livestock, Fisheries and Poultry Affairs.

USAID’s FAS, Ministry of Agriculture organise first Cold Chain Exhibition
$23m-FAS programme to end in June 2020

Ban on any ergot-infected wheat: Ministry of Agriculture
According to Egyptian standards, the percentage of Ergot allowed is 0.05%, says head of preventative medicine at the Ministry of Health

Agriculture Ministry must inventory companies importing pesticides, seeds to increase oversight: parliament
The ministry will focus on companies importing from Jordanian companies which often import genetically-modified seeds from Israeli companies, say sources

Parliament demands PBDAC lift interests worth EGP 2.5bn off troubled farmers
We will request an interrogation against Fayed and Elkosayer, regarding their “arrogant” attitude towards the parliament, says Timraz

New system for wheat farmers’ subsidies to boost local production: Ministry spokesperson
Government will give EGP 1,300 in subsidies for each planted acres with a maximum 25 acres for each farmer

Former ‘corrupt’ agriculture minister faces first trial on 12 December
Investigations reveal ministerial officials received millions of pounds worth of bribes

Ministry of Agriculture will sign free trade area agreement with Italy, Jordan, and Lebanon
Agreement will be signed Tuesday or Wednesday, says ministry spokesman

Agriculture corruption case does not involve other ministers: Cabinet
Previous unconfirmed news reports said the Religious Endowments Minister was involved

Bribes of more than EGP 8m in Agriculture Ministry case
Former minister Salah Helal, his assistant, and others detained over corruption, says prosecution
Agriculture ministry allocates 10,000 acres to PepsiCo: Director General
PepsiCo imported potato seeds in conformity with production specifications last year worth $27m

UNDP, USAID provide EGP 13.8m for WWII landmines clearance programme
“Britain did not meet our expectations in its intervention to remove landmines,” says Demining & Development programme Director

Field irrigation project to provide 7%-10% increase in cultivated land: Beltagy
Project would provide approximately 10bn cubic metres of water per year for reclaiming at least 300,000 acres in new land
PepsiCo Egypt imports $20m in agricultural supplies
PepsiCo has put forward a request to the Ministry of Agriculture for land to cultivate potatoes, according to General Manager of PepsiCo North East Africa and Egypt Ahmed El-Sheikh. The company put forward the request to be able to produce locally instead of importing. He announced that the cost of importing seeds will be approximately …

Government considering ways to compensate farmers for fertiliser price hikes: Investment minister
Companies refusing to comply with ministry’s domestic fertiliser quotas
Egypt drafting law to protect facilities, criminalises attacks on water and electricity: PM
Government drafts document obliging Toshka development companies to finish within 3 years or face land withdrawal

Government considers raising price of wheat to encourage farmers to step up production
Price increase would aim to encourage local farms selling more wheat to the state in order to make Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, less relient on imports
Minister of Agriculture allocates land for development projects
Ayman Abu Hadid says projects will be set up in six different governorates

Ministry of Agriculture: No official Australian statement regarding halting livestock trade
No livestock trade between Australia and Egypt since August 2012, says minister

Greenpeace denounces Egypt’s use of GM plantations
Greenpeace voiced their concern over inconsistencies between the findings in a report published by The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) and official statement’s made by the Ministry of Agriculture over their use of GM crops

Government: Locusts pose no harm to crops
Following the news circulating that locusts swarming multiple areas of Egypt threatened crops and farmlands, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture have denied any damage caused to crops