Poultry-Livestock-Fish News
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Corn import bill increases to $1.5bn monthly: Poultry Association
The poultry industry in Egypt consumes 500,000 tonnes of corn per month, approximately 6 million tonnes per year.
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EGP 7.7bn pumped into national veal project: Ministry of Agriculture
This amount was pumped for about 42,330 beneficiaries, for the breeding and fattening of more than 486,000 heads of livestock.
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Egypt Could Import Livestock from Chad, Somalia to Make up for Shortage from Sudan
Egypt is looking for other alternatives in the event of a shortage in importing Sudanese meat.
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Fish farmers in the Nile River Delta: Empty lakes and dirty waters
In addition to intensifying competition over land, urbanization in the Nile Delta has worsened Egypt’s water quality.
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Gov’t dismisses news on use of internationally banned hormones in meat production
The cabinet media center dismissed as baseless news on the use of internationally-banned growth hormones in the production of meat.
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Egypt's poultry sector reels from currency turmoil, driving up prices
Egypt, a major buyer of basic commodities, has been suffering from a foreign currency crunch that sent the pound tumbling by nearly 50% against USD.
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Local meat price exceeds LE300 per kilogram
The price of a kilogram of local meat has now exceeded LE300 in Egypt for the first time in history.
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Egypt to import fresh meat from Chad ahead of Ramadan
The Egyptian government is expected to import fresh meat from Chad ahead of Ramadan to remedy the price hikes of local meat.
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Citizens can only buy a maximum of 2 frozen chicken in Fayoum
All basic commodities are available at the outlets, including oil, sugar and rice, in addition to 32 types of subsidized commodities.
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Imported chicken to hit Egypt markets soon
The price of an imported chicken (1.5 kilos) will be LE95 compared to LE 120 at the lowest price of the Egyptian chicken now.
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Egyptian researchers developed new breed of chicken that gives eggs abundantly
experiments began in 2007, and the research team tried to search for a better breed than the one in the Egyptian market.
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Egypt ranks #1 in fish farming in Africa
Egyptian Minister of Agriculture: Egypt ranks first in fish farming within Africa, sixth globally and third globally in the production of tilapia.