Egypt: Launching the value chain project in the dates sector in cooperation with trade and with Italian funding of 9 million pounds

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Egypt

Italy

Published Jan 23, 2022

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Major General Khaled Shuaib, Governor of Matrouh, said that the coming period will witness the launch of the value chain development project and the establishment of a brand for Siwa dates, which is implemented by the Center for Food Industries and Agricultural Processing Technology at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in coordination with the governorate, funded by the Italian Cooperation, at a value of 9 million pounds. The Fifth International Conference on Egyptian Dates in Siwa” in Matrouh Governorate, said that this is in line with the Egyptian state’s plan to upgrade the dates sector and implement the President’s initiative to plant 2.5 million palm trees, which was launched in 2018 as a call to revive the production of Egyptian dates on an area of about 40,000 feddans.

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Shuaib added that Siwa is certainly a large part of the state's plan, with its many treasures, including the well-known and distinguished palm wealth of about 80,000 palm trees of all kinds on an area of more than 9,000 acres deep in the Western Desert of Egypt. Read also: “Exporter for Food Industries” targets 20% growth in the sector’s exports to reach $5 billion The Governor of Matrouh hands over the prizes to the winners of the Egyptian dates competition in its fifth session in Siwa He stressed that holding this international festival in the far west of the Arab Republic of Egypt a few days after the establishment of the World Youth Forum in Sharm El Sheikh sends a message to the whole world that Egypt is a safe and stable country and always opens its arms to its brothers and friends from all countries of the world to cooperate in all fields in order to achieve the desired development. He noted that the launch of the dates festival in Siwa ...

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