Ashraf El-Sharqawi, President of the General Union of Horticultural Crops Producers and Exporters affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, announced the release of imported potato seeds for the “2024/2025” season. At a cost of 69.5 thousand pounds per ton, for small farmers who reserved the entire quantity of seeds through the union or cooperative societies in the governorates.
This comes in implementation of the directives of the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk. By paying attention to small farmers and providing them with the best types of seeds, seeds and seedlings at the lowest prices, in order to relieve their suffering and create a balance in the markets for production requirements.
Al-Sharqawi said that this comes in light of the provision of supplies. Production for small farmers and exporters at the lowest prices, as the union is non-profit, and seeks to control markets and eliminate the black market and the greed of some merchants and importers by exaggerating the prices of production inputs. Which contributes to increasing the cost and rising prices of food products for citizens.
He added that after the official announcement of potato seed prices this year by the Union, there were good reactions from Farmers, and praising the efforts of the Minister of Agriculture in this regard… pointing out that the Union is the “pitch of the scales.” In the potato seed market.
The President of the Union explained that the Minister of Agriculture had the greatest role in quickly making bold and effective decisions in saving currency and facilitating unconventional banking procedures that had the greatest impact. In determining these prices that suit everyone.
It is worth noting that the General Union of Horticultural Crops Producers and Exporters aims to provide production requirements to small farmers and exporters at the lowest prices in the areas of seedlings: strawberries, olives. And palm trees, as well as potato seeds, organic fertilizers and palm pollination devices. The Union also sponsors the integrated management program for the most important horticultural crops to implement smart agriculture using a mobile phone to deliver integrated information to farmers in a simplified manner and apply it according to the circumstances of each farm and provide distinctive guidance services to farmers, in order to support and develop Exports of horticultural crops.
