Minister of Agriculture in Egypt: We seek to attract international companies to produce seeds locally

Alaa El-Din Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, reviewed the ministry's plan in a number of files, during his participation in the meeting of the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee in the House of Representatives, headed by Representative Hisham El-Hosary, Chairman of the Committee. Minister Alaa Farouk said that he has restructured and changed a number of leaders in the ministry and research centers. The minister added that with regard to the seed production file, there is a new approach in the ministry, as a working team was assigned to travel to France and meetings were held with specialists and the Italian ambassador and contracts and executive steps were made to produce seeds locally and export them as well, such as pepper and tomato seeds and others. Representative Hisham El-Hosary, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee in the House of Representatives, commented that Egypt imports seeds for large amounts, reaching 200 million dollars, despite the presence ...