Agriculture News
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New grain storage system to save Egypt 'LE1 bn per year'
New system will be implemented by Blumberg Grain; will improve quality and raise prices.
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Sudanese businessmen to invest in Egypt's grain hub
First agreement signed to invest in Egyptian project to turn Nile Delta into international grain hub.
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Egypt's GASC buys 60,000 tonnes of wheat from France
Egypt buys 60,000 tonnes of wheat raising its wheat reserves to cover its needs till March.
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Egypt meeting with commodities firms on hub project -minister
The plan aims to turn Egypt into a centre for processing and re-exporting millions of tonnes of wheat.
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Egypt greenlights construction of grain storage hub
Egypt approved construction of a ‘global logistics hub’ for grain storage in the country in an effort to reduce annual food import bill.
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Egypt must target neediest in Food Subsidy Reforms: WFP
Reform will be a tall order in the Arab world's most populous country, where some 68 million have ration cards that entitle them to subsidies.
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Price rises to kill fertiliser black market: Agriculture Minister
Farmers syndicate questions government’s ability to cut black market and says price rises burdens farmers.
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Egypt agriculture poised for growth
KADCO’s main focus is to cultivate crops such as wheat, corn, alfalfa and barley for the domestic market.
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Egypt to stop wheat imports until March
Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, will stop purchasing wheat until March 2015, the supplies minister said on Saturday.
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Pumping water in "Toshka 3" to reclaim one million feddans
Egypt is preparing a scientific study for reducing the evaporation rates in Lake Nasser after it reached 10 billion cubic meters of water.
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Egypt's GASC buys 55,000 tonnes of US wheat
The wheat was purchased from Ameropa at the price of 244.22 a tonne, on a cost and freight basis, GASC Vice Chairman Mamdouh Abdel Fattah said.
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Egypt’s PICO looks to Asia and Russia for export market growth
PICO has expressed its confidence that it can significantly increase exports to both markets.
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Egypt seeking to increase horticultural exports to South Korea
Egyptian exports accounted for approximately a billion US dollars, compared to the 802 million dollars of 2012.
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$5.4bn World Bank financing for existing projects in Egypt: Regional Director
World Bank funds for Egyptian projects in infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and job training total $5.4bn.
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Supply Ministry to sign 1.3B EGP deal for new canning, silo facilities
Bloomberg L.P. Company to execute three logistic projects in Egypt to improve storage and transfer systems.
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Egypt to increase agricultural exports to Russia
The parties also agreed on the introduction of a simplified mode of access of Egyptian products to the Russian market.
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EU to pressure Egypt and Turkey on Russia food embargo
Officials in Brussels say countries such as Brazil and Egypt will undermine international diplomatic efforts on Ukraine.
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Russian wheat supply to cover Egypt needs until July 2015
Russia has assured Egypt that it has a “safe” wheat allocation from the Russian wheat production which is estimated at 51.5m tons in FY 2013/2014.
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Industry, food and metal production rose during 2012: CAPMAS
Risen value of several commodities influenced production value, government statistics agency indicates.
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Egypt plans more than $100m "major" wheat investment plans
The plan is to build a factory at EGP 100m, to be used to store wheat and grains, hence helping local demand and allowing export.