Wadi Al-Sa'aida station will be operated experimentally in early 2025 with a capacity of 80 million sugarcane seedlings

Published 2024년 12월 5일

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The article outlines a significant agricultural project in Egypt aimed at modernizing sugarcane cultivation by transitioning from traditional flooding irrigation to advanced seedling systems. With a budget of 1.2 billion pounds, the initiative seeks to enhance sugarcane yield from 30 to 50 tons per acre, potentially saving $400 million annually by reducing sugar imports. The project will initially cover 20,000 acres in Qena and Luxor, with plans to expand to 320,000 acres over 3 to 5 years. It involves the use of advanced Dutch and Brazilian technologies to improve seedling production, saving 30% of water and fertilizer per acre, and increasing factory production capacity. Overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the project aims to localize the sugarcane seedling industry, crucial for 25 other products, and facilitate agricultural mechanization.

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Dr. Ayman Al-Ash, Director of the Sugar Crops Institute at the Ministry of Agriculture, revealed the details of the project to develop irrigation for sugarcane crops from the flooding system to seedlings and the benefits of the project on the economy and the agricultural sector, following the Ministry of Agriculture’s announcement of the launch of the project early this week. Al-Ash added - in his interview with Al-Mal - that the experimental operation of the sugarcane seedling production station in Wadi Al-Sa’aida in Aswan will be carried out with a production capacity of 80 million seedlings per season in early 2025 on an area of 70 acres, and the experimental operation of the first station, “Kom Ombo”, has already been carried out with a production capacity of 15 million seedlings on an area of 20,000 acres. He pointed out that Egypt is considered one of the world’s leading countries in the field of sugarcane seedlings with investments of 1.2 billion pounds. The Ministry of ...

Source: Almalnews