Egypt: The price of a ton of Rosetta potatoes rose to 3000 pounds

A number of traders confirmed that the price of a ton of potato “Rosenta” had risen to 3000 pounds per ton, compared to 1500 hours ago. Mahmoud Alaa, a farmer from Minya, confirmed that he grows potatoes on an area of 3 acres of the “Rosenta” type, and has already achieved good revenues during the past two days. Alaa emphasized that this variety is multi-use, easy to store, has a good size and is required for export. Read also the decline in apples .. Prices of vegetables and fruits today, Friday 8-1-2021, and autumn potatoes suffered from the price collapse in the market, and the lowest price in the transit market reached 75 piasters, and in retail from One and a half pounds to 3.5 per kilogram, and the farmer currently loses about 10 thousand pounds of his capital as a result of the great decline in prices from an acre. A number of investors and farmers, during a recent report published by Al-Mal, explained the reasons for the price collapse of the second most important crop ...