In an effort to combat high temperatures and water scarcity in Egypt, Egypt and China signed an agreement on Wednesday, 18 August, to collaborate on the adoption of drought and salt-tolerant crops. The signing was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in a statement posted to its Facebook page. The agreement is one component of a three-year action plan for agricultural cooperation between the two nations (2023-2025). The action plan calls for fostering technological transfer and knowledge exchange on agricultural innovation, soil health and management, cutting-edge water technology, organic and biodynamic farming, and the use of ecologically friendly biopesticides to fight pests and plant diseases. The plan also includes the establishment of a joint agricultural technical committee, a training center to combat desertification as well as a center for hybrid rice cultivation within the Agricultural Research Center to contribute to the development of drought and salinity tolerant hybrid rice varieties. Egyptian Minister of Agriculture El-Sayed El-Quseir noted that the ministry will continue to cooperate further with China to increase agricultural trade, as a memorandum of understanding will be signed to push for the entry of Egyptian mangoes…
Egypt to Adopt Drought Tolerant Crops to Combat Water Scarcity
August 18, 2023
