Iraq to reduce winter crop area by 55% due to water shortage
Iraq's agriculture ministry said on Thursday it would reduce its 2018-2019 winter crop planting area by 55 percent due to...
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Germany supports Egypt to solve water issues: German ambassador
As part of the German government's support for Egypt, the German Ambassador to Cairo Georg Luy confirmed that the German...
Qatar to achieve self-sufficiency in fruits and vegetables within a year
Qatar is expected to achieve 100 percent self-sufficiency in terms of the production of most popular fruits and vegetables about...
USDA expects Egypt to import 300,000 tons of rice during this planting season
Egypt will import 300,000 tonnes of rice during the 2018/2019 rice planting season, according to a recent report by the...
Agriculture minister: $26bn volume of trade with EU
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezzedin Abu Steit said Tuesday the European Union is Egypt's first partner in terms...
Wheat production in Iraq halved due to water shortages – report
Iraq will cut irrigated areas it uses to plant wheat by half in the 2018-2019 growing season as droughts grip...
Egypt invests LE 217 bn in agriculture during 2018/22
The 2018/2022 medium-term plan of sustainable development direct investments of LE 217 billion to the agricultural sector, according to Minister...
Iraq aims to restore agro-food industry
Iraq is one of the most non-developed countries in the agro-food industry across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena),...
Egypt potential importer of American unmilled rice, media reports
U.S. reports predicted that Egypt would be a potential market of the Missouri rice, according to Brownfield Ag News. ...
Egypt gives green light to rice imports amid water shortages
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave the go-ahead for the government's strategy to import rice with the aim of meeting...
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