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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 low-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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