Egypt launches the first specialized olive council to improve the product and support small farmers

Major General Ashraf El-Sharkawy, head of the General Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture, announced the launch of the first specialized council for olives, which aims to raise the quality and efficiency of Egyptian olives for export and local consumption by providing support to small and medium olive farmers and exporters, and cooperation and integration with all parties working in the sector. El-Sharkawy said in statements today that the council will provide technical, administrative and local marketing support to small and medium olive farmers, by establishing, rehabilitating or increasing the effectiveness of local, civil and cooperative associations in areas where olive cultivation is concentrated in Egypt, and working to organize the relationship between small and medium olive producers across Egypt and large producers, exporters and local wholesalers to increase integration and cooperation between them to raise ...