Egypt: 642 thousand acres of potatoes free from brown rot so far

Dr. Naglaa Blabel, project manager for inventorying and combating brown rot in potatoes, confirmed that the total areas free of brown rot in potatoes in various governorates of the Republic have so far reached about 642 thousand acres, and the total areas that have been maintained reached about 7234 acres, as well as the total areas of arrowroot crops. The winter area is about 68 thousand feddans, while the total summer season area is about 28 thousand feddans, until the end of March. Blabel added the project’s participation this year in a number of outlets within the initiative of the President of the Republic to combat high prices, and the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture “From the best of our farms to our people”, under the auspices of Mr. Al-Qaseer, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, including a permanent sale outlet for selling potatoes at the project’s headquarters in Dokki, mobile outlets in Menoufia and Beni Suef governorates, as well as an outlet in ...