Latest in Tag: Agriculture Highlight
Latest in Tag: Agriculture
Ten new ministers take oath in Cabinet reshuffle
Four new Cabinet ministers are known to be Muslim Brotherhood members
Photo Gallery: Bozoor Balady seed-bombing campaign in Cairo
Egypt got seed bombed today
Ethiopiaâs new leader takes office
Hailemariam Dessalegn assumes role as Ethiopian leader
Potential new tax on mobile phone calls
Mobile tax, a new burden on the average citizen!?
Morsy drops farmersâ debts
Addressing his audience of fellaheen (farmers), President Mohamed Morsy echoed former President Gamal Abdel Nasser, saying âIâm one of you in terms of roots and upbringing.â In his speech on Tuesday commemorating farmersâ day, Morsy praised Egyptâs fellaheen, stating that âEgyptâs farmers were the first to rebel against tyranny 4,000 years ago.â Presidential spokesman, Yasser …
Crop Yield Prices Balancing Fund to be introduced
Crop Yield Prices Balancing Fund plan to be proposed to Cabinet
Presidential decision to drop debts of 41,000farmers
By Islam Serour The legal consultant to President Morsy, Mohamed Fouad Gadallah, announced that the president would issue a decision to drop agricultural debts owed by 41,000 farmers. âAfter meeting Dr Mohsen Al-Batran, Chairman of the Development and Agricultural Credit Bank (DACB) and head of Farmers Syndicate, an agreement to drop EGP 93 million, representing …
Presidential spokesperson denies dropping farmersâ debts
By Islam Serour The Presidentâs spokesman, Dr Yasser Ali denied rumours about dropping the debts of 62,000 farmers, indicating that the decision is still undergoing study and research. The rumour originated on the âKolena Wael Ghonemâ (âWe are all Wael Ghonemâ) Facebook page which stated, âMorsy drops EGP 109 million of debts to the agricultural …
Bekaa Valley ablaze with protests
Towards the end of July resistance grew violent as farmers took up arms to fight a government decision to crack down on cannabis farming
Fresh strategy for developing food and agricultural industries
By NihalMounir Mahmoud Eissa, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, said that a comprehensive strategy to develop food and agricultural industries is currently being finalised. The strategy is in a similar vein to a group of Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade strategies to develop the Egyptian engineering and textiles sectors, which included mechanisms for …
UN, EBRD to boost Mediterranean agribusiness
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: The regionâs high-potential but underutilized agribusiness sector is about to get a boost, with a close eye on promoting private sector investment. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nationsâ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed Wednesday an agreement worth $2.2 million, with the aim of promoting agribusiness …
Egypt’s Citadel to grow staple crops in South Sudan
By Ulf Laessing / Reuters JUBA: A unit of Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital plans to cultivate up to 40,000 acres of farmland in South Sudan to sell staple foods such as maize in the newly-independent nation, an executive said on Tuesday. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July under a peace agreement that ended …
When technophobia becomes toxic
By Henry I. Miller STANFORD: During the late 1990s, a singular phenomenon appeared in countries around the world. One after another, food and beverage companies capitulated to activists opposed to a promising new technology: the genetic engineering of plants to produce ingredients. They are still capitulating to this day. The Japanese brewer Kirin and the Danish …
Japan, World Bank to help Egypt modernize irrigation
CAIRO: Japan, through a $3 million grant, and the World Bank are partnering with Egypt to support the country’s efforts in modernizing irrigation. The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) will provide the grant “to pilot participatory approaches in farm-level irrigation modernization,” according to a World Bank statement. “The grant includes a new approach to the …