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

Published 2023년 4월 6일

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A project led by Dr. Naglaa Blabel has successfully incorporated around 642 thousand acres of potato growing areas across the Republic into areas free from brown rot, with an additional 7234 acres under maintenance for arrowroot crops. This initiative, part of the President's efforts to combat high prices, has established a permanent potato sales outlet in Dokki, along with mobile outlets in Menoufia and Beni Suef, and an Orman Garden exhibition outlet. The project is also employing remote sensing technology to monitor soil conditions and crop health daily.

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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 ...

Source: Akhbarelyom