agriculture
World Organization for Animal Health lists Egypt as free of bird flu and ready to export
Business
June 14, 2020
World Organization for Animal Health lists Egypt as free of bird flu and ready to export
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has listed Egypt as free of bird flu for the first time in…
Sisi meets with officials to discuss Egypt’s agriculture and Sinai development projects
Egypt
May 13, 2020
Sisi meets with officials to discuss Egypt’s agriculture and Sinai development projects
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Assistant to President Sisi for National…
UAE agriculture tech start-up secures US$120 million investment commitment
Middle East
April 6, 2020
UAE agriculture tech start-up secures US$120 million investment commitment
DUBAI (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates agriculture technology start-up Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised US$20.6 million in fresh funding…
Greek company to inject New Valley’s first foreign investments at $US200 million
Business
March 1, 2020
Greek company to inject New Valley’s first foreign investments at $US200 million
The chairman of the Internal Trade Development Authority Ibrahim Ashmawy on Sunday met with the chairman of the Greek company…
Egypt launches African Union of Agricultural Professionals in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
February 9, 2020
Egypt launches African Union of Agricultural Professionals in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry and Agricultural Professions Syndicate on Saturday launched in Sharm el-Sheikh the African Union of the Agricultural Professionals…
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
World
January 25, 2020
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a…
Australia’s farmers count cost after bushfires wipe out livestock
World
January 18, 2020
Australia’s farmers count cost after bushfires wipe out livestock
In the wake of ferocious bushfires that tore through Kangaroo Island, local farmer Rick Morris has endured the grueling task…
Egypt’s agriculture exports jump to over 5 million tons in 2019
Business
December 21, 2019
Egypt’s agriculture exports jump to over 5 million tons in 2019
Egyptian agricultural exports increased to more than five million tons between January and December 2019, according to a report from…
Sisi, FAO head Qu Dongyu discuss food security in Africa
Egypt
December 15, 2019
Sisi, FAO head Qu Dongyu discuss food security in Africa
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)…
Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050
Environment
November 20, 2019
Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050
Climate change could directly cost the world economy US$7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper…