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Articles of the author Metwali Salem
Government intends to extend rice export ban, says official
The government intends to continue banning rice exports to meet the needs of the local market, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said, adding that some exporters are circumventing the export ban by alleging they are merely shipping out a (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
Govt mulls legalizing statuses of squatters on 350,000 acres of land
Egypt's cabinet will next week study the possibility of legalizing the status of squatters occupying some 350,000 acres of land, a move that would generate some LE4 billion that could contribute to reducing the budget deficit. “We would legalize the (...)

31 - 10 - 2011
Govt committees demand suspension of food standard specifications
Agriculture Ministry committees on Monday demanded the suspension of the current food standard specifications, saying they “intentionally harm citizens' health.” Ministry sources said Dr. Fathi al-Nawawy, a professor of health control at Cairo (...)

24 - 10 - 2011
Irrigation minister calls for rationing water consumption
Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil called on Tuesday for austere water consumption, citing "deep disagreements" with Nile Basin countries over water shares. In April 2010, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania (...)

03 - 10 - 2011
Building prohibited on reclaimed agricultural land
Minister of Agriculture Salah Youssef has prohibited construction on reclaimed agricultural land. The law, effective immediately, exempts service facilities for farms, which could be built over 2 percent of the total land area. “We shall take legal (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
Saudi ambassador files official complaint on embassy attack
Ahmed Abdel Aziz Kattan, the Saudi ambassador to Cairo, has filed an offical complaint with the Egyptian attorney general concerning the recent attack on the Saudi Embassy, attaching a CD allegedly showing images of the incident. “This was an attack (...)

19 - 09 - 2011
Government seeks to house 3 million people in new Sinai city
The Egyptian government is planning to house some 3 million citizens in a new city to be built in Sinai. During his inspection of the Salam Canal project in Sinai on Thursday, Irrigation Minister Hisham Qandil said the government is planning to (...)

08 - 09 - 2011
Farmers Day celebrations to coincide with Friday protest
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to organize the largest ever celebration for Farmers Day on Friday 9 September, an event timed to clash with mass protests critical of the military council. The (...)

06 - 09 - 2011
Religious slogans replace painting on govt agency walls
Unknown persons have replaced a mural on the walls of Egypt's agricultural quarantine agency with a painting of the Egyptian flag carrying religious slogans. The agency is located Agouza, a neighborhood in Cairo. “There is no god but Allah” is (...)

04 - 09 - 2011
Irrigation minister cancels quota for relative appointments
Irrigation Minister Hisham Qandil on Tuesday canceled the quota for appointing relatives of ministry staff, a norm that was legally practiced in all government institutions under former President Hosni Mubarak. “All Egyptians are equal after the (...)

29 - 08 - 2011
Agriculture minister: Egypt to revive cotton farming
The ministries of Agriculture and Trade and Industry are hoping to revive the local cotton industry with a combination of incentives, aid for farmers and technological developments. The plan aims to encourage the textile industry to use Egyptian (...)

25 - 08 - 2011
Cabinet approves draft law on development of Sinai
The cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday concerning the development of industry and infrastructure in Sinai, and the transfer of population to the peninsula. The draft has yet to be submitted to the ruling military council for (...)

17 - 08 - 2011
EU commitee to test Egyptian seeds for E. coli bacteria
A joint committee formed by the European Union (EU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will begin a field tour of Egypt on Sunday to verify claims that Egyptian seeds were the source of the deadly E. coli infection that spread through Europe in (...)

16 - 08 - 2011
Egypt to seek lift of EU ban on 15 agricultural products
A round of negotiations between Egyptian Agriculture Ministry experts and the European Union (EU) will start on 21 August, as Egypt seeks to lift the EU ban on 15 of its agricultural goods, said Salah Youssef, Minister of Agriculture and Land (...)

12 - 08 - 2011
Sharaf: Cabinet reshuffle is first step toward achieving people''s ambitions
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen two deputies, Ali al-Selmy for political development and democratic affairs and Hazem al-Beblawy for economic affairs, said cabinet spokesperson Mohamed Hegazy on Saturday. Hegazy said the choices represent a (...)

17 - 07 - 2011
Egypt to increase wheat production and begin project with Sudan
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Abu Hadid said that wheat production this year reached about 8.5 million tons, and is expected to increase next year between to 9 and 9.5 million tons. Abu Hadid said in a statement yesterday that (...)

09 - 07 - 2011
Government drafts law criminalizing encroachment on arable land
The government is in the process of drafting a law that would criminalize building on agricultural land, giving the Agricultural Reform Authority the power to confiscate any illegally built structures. “The law aims to limit threats to national food (...)

22 - 06 - 2011
Officials banned from talking to media without ministers'' permission
In a confidential letter to all ministries and government authorities, the cabinet has banned officials from talking to the media without official permission from ministers. Sources said this instruction is a replica of that issued by former Prime (...)

22 - 06 - 2011
Government gag order restricts statements to the press
The cabinet recently circulated a confidential letter to ministries and government bodies instructing senior officials not to make statements to the press without official permission from their respective ministers. The order, which government (...)

17 - 06 - 2011
UN report: Egypt sustains severe land loss to desertification and development
Egypt is losing land faster than any country in the world, according to UN estimates announced Friday on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The Executive Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (...)

17 - 06 - 2011
Russia agrees to resume Egyptian potato imports
Egypt and Russia have agreed to resume Egyptian potato imports to Russia starting with the next season, according to Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abul Hadid. Russia has canceled an earlier decision to halt potato imports from Egypt, (...)

14 - 06 - 2011
Egypt denies importing Israeli crops after reports of cancer-causing tomatoes
The government does not import crops or seeds from Israel, Egypt's Agriculture Minister said on Tuesday, following news reports alleged that Israeli-imported tomato seeds used in Egypt had been genetically engineered to cause cancer. In a press (...)

14 - 06 - 2011
Govt signs new Toshka contract today
The Egyptian government on Tuesday will sign a new contract for lands in Toshka, southern Egypt, with Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal's Kingdom Agricultural Development Company (KADCO). The new deal will be signed in the office of Prime Minister (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Govt declares state of alert to confront E. coli outbreak
The maximum state of alert has been declared at Egyptian border crossings and airports to ensure the quality and safety of imported vegetables, as fears of E. coli contamination spread in Europe this week. Agricultural Ministry sources said that (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Egypt committed to supporting development in Nile Basin states, says minister
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hussein al-Atfi said on Sunday that Egypt was committed to supporting the development process in the Nile Basin states so long as it does not adversely affect Egypt's water supplies. At a symposium held at (...)

05 - 06 - 2011
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