Olive exporters in Egypt submit demands to the Ministry of Agriculture to advance the sector

Published Oct 27, 2024

Tridge summary

Key stakeholders in the Egyptian olive sector, including producers, exporters, and farmers, have convened to discuss strategies for enhancing the quality of Egyptian olives and boosting their global competitiveness. The meeting, held in conjunction with the launch of an olive council, highlighted the need for advanced management practices, the establishment of agricultural schools, and the provision of industrial lands near agricultural areas. The group also stressed the importance of updating olive management applications, mechanizing harvesting, and employing biological control methods. Other points of focus included resolving issues related to late renewal of well licenses, expanding seedling production, creating a farm database, and reducing pesticide residues in olives. Additionally, the need for technical support for small farmers, establishing a fair market price, and improving packaging and export standards was underscored.
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Original content

Olive producers, exporters and farmers agreed - on the sidelines of the launch of a qualitative olive council today - on the need to provide wise management to obtain a good product that is worthy of export, especially since the Egyptian product is distinguished by a quality that is not available in global products, in addition to the need to establish and activate agricultural schools and provide industrial lands close to agricultural lands to preserve the quality of the product. They also called for updating the electronic application for integrated olive management to keep pace with new updates according to climate changes and to generalize its spread as a means of agricultural guidance for farmers everywhere, and the use of mechanization in harvesting the crop and biological control is the best to provide the share of fertilizers that the crop needs in the agricultural association on the ground. This came after Major General Ashraf El-Sharkawy, Chairman of the General Union of ...
Source: Almalnews

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