2500 for sugarcane in Egypt; welcoming the Ministers’ approval to set a guide price for sugar crops

Hussein Abdel Rahman Abu Saddam, agricultural expert and General Secretary of the Farmers Syndicate, welcomed the Cabinet's approval to set a guide price for sugar crops for the 2025 season. He pointed out that setting a rewarding guide price for sugar crops is a response to farmers' requests and in implementation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's directives. Abdel Rahman added that the Cabinet today approved setting a price of EGP 2,500 as a guide price for a ton of sugar cane, subject to increase according to prices at the time of supplying the crop and not subject to decrease, as well as EGP 2,400 for a ton of sugar beets, which serves the interests of farmers and contributes to improving their income level. He pointed out that setting a guaranteed price for sugar cane before harvesting the crop encourages farmers to supply the largest possible quantity to government factories and limits the phenomenon of selling the crop to juicers. This satisfactory price also contributes ...