Infographic and video "Planting in a week"..Al-Hasad Bulletin No. 218
The Audio and Visual Information Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, issued the "Weekly Infographic" In its 218th edition, the weekly summary of the Ministry’s most important activities, during the past week, from October 18 to 24, is in cooperation with the Ministry’s media office. The Center also issued a video summary of the Ministry’s activities during the same period.
The infographic highlighted the meeting held by Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, regarding developing a vision for the comprehensive system for small and microcredit, In the presence of Aladdin Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dr. Maya Morsi, Minister of Social Solidarity, Deputy Minister of Finance, Acting President of the Postal Service, Vice President of the National Council for Women, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank for the Financial Inclusion Sector, Chairman of the Board of Directors of e-Finance, and Assistant Undersecretary Governor of the Central Bank for the Markets Sector, Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Egyptian Economic Affairs, and Acting President of the Agricultural Bank, in addition to a number of officials from the relevant authorities.
Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, also delivered a statement in the House of Representatives on the Ministry’s action plan to enhance food security during the next phase. The Minister of Agriculture and Director of the International Labor Organization’s office in Cairo also launched a study of infrastructure needs. The Cooperative for Combating Child Labor in the Cotton Supply Chain in Egypt also launched the Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework Project in Egypt, which is adopted by the Crop Life Group in coordination with the Agricultural Pesticides Committee.
Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, received the delegation of the supervisory mission of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Headed by Dr. Mohamed Abdel Qader, Country Director at the IFAD office in Cairo, to discuss and evaluate the results of the mission for the project of sustainable agricultural investments and improving livelihoods.
The Ministries of Agriculture, Land Reclamation, and Environment also discussed, with a delegation with Arab investors, the possibility of establishing the first factory of its kind in the region to extract materials. Chemicals from agricultural waste. Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, also received a report from Dr. Mohamed Al-Mansy, Head of Agricultural Quarantine, about total agricultural exports, during the first of January 2024 until October 16 of this month, which exceeded 6.9 million tons of agricultural products.
Also during this week, the Central Laboratory for Fisheries Research concluded the activities of the training program for students of the Faculty of Technology and Development at Zagazig University, as Dr. Anwar Issa conducted Head of the Central Administration for Agricultural Directorate Affairs and Engineer Nasser Muhammad, Director General of Agricultural Affairs, followed up on the work of the Al-Falah Card, and the Ministry prepared for the winter season in the Agriculture Directorate in Nubariya.
And the “Ma’ak” campaign was published in Gheit. “The Ministry of Agriculture’s campaign for awareness, agricultural extension and livestock production”, which was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture to support agricultural extension efforts, and to educate farmers using various social media means, a video to educate farmers about the importance of following the variety policy for the wheat crop for the new season, as announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, represented by: Agricultural Extension Sector, periodic follow-up report on the rice straw collection and recycling system in the governorates, where 94% of the areas planted with the crop were harvested and more than 28 thousand tons of organic fertilizers were produced.
While the Central Department of Agricultural Extension, affiliated with the Agricultural Extension Sector, intensified efforts and campaigns to support farmers, and deliver information and technical recommendations to them, in all governorates of the Republic. Dr. Mohamed Al-Mansi, Head of the Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine, and Hani Hussein, Executive Director of the Export Council for Agricultural Crops, also held a meeting in the presence of a number of exporters and approved processing plants. In preparation for the new export season.
While Dr. Adel Abdel-Azim, Head of the Agricultural Research Center, Dr. Ahmed Adham – Head of the Agricultural Services and Follow-up Sector at the Ministry of Agriculture, and Dr. Ayman Abdel-Al, Head of the Central Administration of Stations, With a visit to the Agricultural Research Station in Gemmayzeh to discuss how to achieve added value from raisin crops, the Livestock and Poultry Development Sector also issued a report on its activity during the first half of this October, where 447 licenses were issued for all livestock, poultry and fodder activities and projects.
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Agricultural Research Center experts continued to provide technical support to farmers through diverse and intensive extension activities in all areas of agricultural production and in various governorates, where   During the first half of October 2024, about “1327” Various extension activities. The Plant Protection Research Institute also announced the intensification of its activities to enhance technical efficiency in combating palm pests through specialized scientific programs that combine innovation and sustainability in combating the red palm weevil.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation launched 14 mobile outlets to sell food products and commodities to citizens in Alexandria Governorate at reduced prices, and the Animal Reproduction Research Institute, affiliated with the Agricultural Research Center, launched a free veterinary convoy to Matrouh Governorate in cooperation with the Misr Al-Khair Foundation, while the administration continues The Central Land Protection, Agricultural Services and Follow-up Sector, visits the various governorates, to follow up on the position of protecting the agricultural area and removing encroachments on it.
The Desert Research Center in New Valley received a delegation from the ACSAD organization headed by Dr. Nasr El-Din Al-Obaid, General Director of ACSAD, to enhance cooperation between the organization and the Center. The Center also launched the “Ask an Expert Before You Pay Too Much” initiative. For daily communication with farmers of agricultural communities in Sinai, he also concluded the activities of the national training course entitled: “Modern applications in the production and manufacture of fodder and maximizing the use of environmental resources in desert areas.” At the Center’s Ras Sidr station in South Sinai, the Ras Sidr Research Station in South Sinai, affiliated with the Desert Research Center, also received a delegation from the Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Department of the General Petroleum Company, to discuss aspects of joint cooperation to implement development activities.
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Dr. Hossam Shawky, Head of the Desert Research Center, received representatives of the African Investment Fund to Combat Climate Change to discuss ways of joint cooperation. He also received the Director of Water Desalination and Reuse in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for HACH, to exchange knowledge in the field of water desalination.< /p>
While the Animal Production Research Institute, affiliated with the Agricultural Research Center at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, organized a training course on the care and nutrition of broiler breeds of chickens and domestic and commercial table egg production chickens, as stated by Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Mashwar. The journalist for the Ministry of Agriculture said that the photo circulated by some social media activists of the gate to the fish garden in Jabaliya was merely a lining to preserve the condition of the frame.
While the central laboratory was held to analyze pesticide residues and heavy metals in Food, a training program entitled: “Methods and techniques for collecting samples for the purpose of microbiological analysis.” For trainees from the National Food Safety Authority, the laboratory also received students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Assiut University with the aim of learning about the role of the regulatory laboratory in the field of food safety. The laboratory also participated in a workshop entitled “ Protecting human health and the environment while improving agricultural productivity" Within the framework of sustainable pesticide management organized by Crop Life Africa and the Middle East.
He also participated in a workshop on plant diseases and vegetable seed production in Egypt, which was organized by the Institute of Plant Pathology and the Association Diseases of Egyptian plants. A training program was also held entitled “Methods and methods of collecting samples for the purpose of chemical analysis.” For trainees from the Food Industries Export Council, he also participated in a workshop on: "Pesticides and Egyptian agricultural exports" The organization is in cooperation with the Agricultural Pesticides Committee, and the total number of samples received by the laboratory this week reached 5,123 samples.
It is noteworthy that the Audio and Visual Information Center and the Ministry’s Media Office issued on Friday a Every week, an infographic and video titled: Agriculture in a Week, to shed light on a summary of the activities and efforts that have taken place, in all sectors and bodies, affiliated with the Ministry, as well as an infographic and video every Tuesday called: Agriculture in All of Egypt, about the activities and efforts of the agricultural sector, in the different governorates, The Center also recently issued a series of services guide for the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, which sheds light on the services provided by the Ministry to farmers and breeders, as well as the publication of Figures in Agriculture, which sheds light on the achievements of the agricultural sector in numbers, in addition to its latest publication MALR, the magazine of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Monthly electronic, specialized agricultural news and miscellaneous.
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