The Vegetable Division explains the reasons for the rise in beans and tomatoes in the Egyptian markets

I wrote - Sherine Salah: Hatem al-Naguib, deputy head of the vegetables division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, told Masrawy that the weather changes this year led to a decrease in the market supply of some agricultural crops, including beans and tomatoes. Al-Najeeb added that the price of a kilo of tomatoes in the retail market ranges between 8 and 10 pounds, and beans between 15 and 20 pounds per kilo. According to Al-Najeeb, the mechanisms of supply and demand in the markets control the price of the product, so the more the supply decreases, the higher the price of the product. Al-Najeeb said that beans are a winter crop whose supply decreases in summer and increases in winter, so the price of a kilo of them increases during the summer, in addition to being affected by climate changes this year. According to Al-Najeeb, since the beginning of next October, the ...