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Egypt participates in establishing three model farms in Tanzania, Zambia, Congo: Head of COMESA Department at Agriculture Ministry

Selim Hassan
Last updated: 2016/02/17 at 7:15 PM
By Selim Hassan 3 Min Read
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The Ministry of Agriculture agreed with the governments of Tanzania, Zambia, and Congo to establish three pilot model farms with areas ranging between 500 and 600 acres.

Director of COMESA Department at the Ministry of Agriculture Maher El-Maghrabi said the ministry agreed with the three countries to establish farms to produce various crops.

The ministry is intensifying its efforts, through the centre, to increase the number of farms in all African countries by negotiating with Ethiopia, Kenya, and Eritrea and other states to establish of plantations on 600 acres of land per farm to deepen mutual agricultural cooperation.

Egypt provides the necessary technology for the development of agriculture in these countries and exports seed varieties that are environmentally compatible with the climate of each country, while those countries provide infrastructure, water resources, and labour for agriculture. “These projects can accommodate large numbers of Egyptian workers, in addition to the possibility of providing agricultural crops cheaply to the Egyptian market,” he said.

El-Maghrabi said some COESA countries expressed their interest to benefit from Egypt’s experience in agriculture, which prompted them to submit applications for the establishment of model farms in cooperation with Egypt.

The Egyptian government is seeking to revive agricultural and livestock projects in Sudan in the upcoming period. Egypt’s minister of irrigation, Hossam Moghazi, said in January that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued directives to revive the project of Sudan’s one million acres in the upcoming period.

Egyptian direct investment in Africa stand at about $7.9bn mainly in real estate and chemical industries, $2.5bn and $2.2bn respectively. Agricultural investments currently only represent a small percentage, according to data from the Ministry of Investment.

Governments and businessmen are counting on the new trade agreements that will contribute to increasing those investments dramatically. Professor of Agricultural Economics at Cairo University Gamal Syam said the trade exchange between Egypt and Africa in the agricultural field is very weak. He explained the high cost of transportation between Egypt and COMESA countries pushes away many companies that prefer European and Arab markets.

Member of the Agriculture Export Council Mohsen El-Beltagy called upon establishing new faster routes among COMESA countries instead of the traditional ones that go through the UAE and Morocco, which brings up the cost of transportation. The cost of transport to COMESA countries is 15-20% more than the cost of shipping to African or Arab states, which hinders agricultural cooperation between Egypt and these countries.

Egyptian imports from COMESA countries include tea, coffee, cocoa beans, tobacco, sesame, raw leather, vegetable and aromatic extracts, and live camels.

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