Egypt’s cotton planting area reaches 10,000 feddans
According to Egypt’s “Daily News” report on May 22: Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Abdel Al-Banna said that Egypt’s cotton planting area reached 300,000 feddans in 2018 (1 feddan equals 1.038 acres); Egypt is currently developing A number of new cotton varieties have been tested. In the past four years, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture has launched 4 new cotton varieties. This year, two new cotton varieties, Giza 97 and Giza 98, will be launched. The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture only allows certain cotton varieties to be grown in Short-staple cotton is planted in the region to avoid hybridization with long-staple cotton; 95% of Egypt’s textile industry currently relies on short-staple cotton. Egypt encourages investors to invest in short-staple cotton cultivation in Egypt and increase the added value of Egyptian cotton and cotton fabrics. Upper Egypt has added The land can be mostly used for short-staple cotton cultivation.
Egyptian Minister of Industry and Trade Tariq Kabir also stated that Egypt will expand the scope of imports of short-staple cotton seeds to meet the demand for short-staple cotton in the Egyptian textile industry. The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry lists the textile industry as one of the five strategic industries to promote industrial and foreign trade development, and believes that Egyptian cotton textiles have certain competitiveness and market development capabilities. (Title: Egypt’s cotton planting area reached 300,000 feddans in 2018)
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