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Raising the coordinates of citrus and strawberry farms using GPS technology in Egypt

Fresh Strawberry
Egypt
Published Dec 8, 2020

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Last Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture, represented by the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine, signed a cooperation protocol with the Egyptian Digital Crops Company to raise the coordinates of farms coded on the GPS tracking system for citrus and strawberry farms as the second and third crop after pomegranate. Dr. Ahmed Al-Attar, Director of the Department, confirmed - in a special statement to Al-Mal - that according to this protocol, the company will raise the coordinates of the citrus export farms that export to the European Union, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

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He pointed out that the coordinates of all export farms for the strawberry crop will also be raised within the new coding system, which plant quarantine begins to implement gradually, as the second and third crop after the pomegranate. Read also the prices of white chicks today 4-12-2020 It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Agriculture announced the start A new coding system relies on the use of remote sensing data by satellite, to ensure transparency, and signed the first protocol with the Egyptian Digital Crops Company to code pomegranate farms to be the first crop last September, and the coding of 2265 farms was announced in Assiut, Sharkia and Beheira. Al-Attar explained that the use of GPS technology in raising coded farms coordinates would control the export process by accurately raising farm areas and determining the quantity of the crop suitable for export with great accuracy, which prevents tampering with the quantities that are exported or crops exported from ...
Source: Almalnews
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