The Horticultural Institute organizes a workshop on “Prickly pear cultivation and industry” in Egypt

Dr. Ayman Hammouda, Director of the Horticultural Institute, confirmed that the Institute organized a workshop entitled "Prickly pear cultivation and industry" under the auspices of Dr. Mohamed Soliman, President of the Agricultural Research Center, and in the presence of Dr. Adel Abdel Azim, the Center's Deputy for Training and Extension. He said that the aim of the workshop is to encourage the cultivation of prickly pear in Egypt. Where it resists the climatic changes that the world is witnessing and maximizes its financial returns through the manufacture of important products, including juices, vinegar and jams. Hammouda indicated that the prickly pear workshop recommended the following: 1- Achieving the goals of the presidential initiative “a decent life” by developing Egyptian villages and providing a source of income for youth and Bedouins Nomads and poor families in villages and the desert hinterland of the governorates through the cultivation and production of fodder from ...