Morsy drops farmers’ debts
Addressing his audience of fellaheen (farmers), President Mohamed Morsy echoed former President…
Crop Yield Prices Balancing Fund to be introduced
Crop Yield Prices Balancing Fund plan to be proposed to Cabinet
Presidential decision to drop debts of 41,000farmers
By Islam Serour The legal consultant to President Morsy, Mohamed Fouad Gadallah,…
Presidential spokesperson denies dropping farmers’ debts
By Islam Serour The President’s spokesman, Dr Yasser Ali denied rumours about…
Bekaa Valley ablaze with protests
Towards the end of July resistance grew violent as farmers took up…
Fresh strategy for developing food and agricultural industries
By NihalMounir Mahmoud Eissa, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, said that…
UN, EBRD to boost Mediterranean agribusiness
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: The region’s high-potential but underutilized agribusiness sector is about…
Egypt’s Citadel to grow staple crops in South Sudan
By Ulf Laessing / Reuters JUBA: A unit of Egyptian private equity firm…
When technophobia becomes toxic
By Henry I. Miller STANFORD: During the late 1990s, a singular phenomenon appeared…
Japan, World Bank to help Egypt modernize irrigation
CAIRO: Japan, through a $3 million grant, and the World Bank are…