Tomorrow, the harvest of Egyptian Basmati rice begins in Gharbia

Ahmed Ibrahim, the media advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, said that tomorrow, Sunday, October 13, at exactly 11:00 am, the harvest of the Egyptian Basmati rice cultivation experiment will begin in the village of Borik El-Hagar, Tanta Center, Gharbia Governorate. It is a new experiment for growing Basmati rice in Egypt, in the presence of some leaders of the Ministry and the Agricultural Research Center. The media advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture added that the Ministry is following up on the rice straw system and confronting severe air pollution episodes in the 2024 season and the beginning of an integrated work system between the ministries and concerned authorities (Environment, Agriculture and Local Development) in order to fully control the challenges facing the executive leadership during the rice harvest period and what some farmers do in terms of open burning of agricultural waste, which affects the quality of air. It is worth noting that ...