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Potato prices have witnessed a noticeable decline in retail markets over the past few days. For his part, Hatem El-Nagib, head of the Vegetable Traders Division at the Chamber of Commerce, confirmed in a statement to "Akhbar El-Youm Gate" that the decline in potato prices during this period is normal due to the increase in supply in the markets, noting that many types of vegetables will also witness a decline, including tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. He explained that potatoes are grown in Egypt in three seasons and that the harvest of the Nile season is currently being traded in the markets in several governorates, including Minya, Dakahlia, Beheira and Menoufia. It is worth noting that Myanmar markets were recently opened to Egyptian potato exports, in addition to the fact that our total exports this year amounted to about 982,072 tons for the first time. The Agricultural Quarantine also implemented a new coding system that includes tracking all Egyptian export shipments from the farm until they reach the importing country using satellite technology (GPS), in addition to monitoring the application of good agricultural practices in export farms. Read also: Agriculture: Separation of seasons and greed of traders contribute to increasing potato prices. Mechanisms are also being implemented to

Experts from the Agricultural Research Center in Saint Catherine succeeded in producing sugar beet seeds in cooperation with the South Sinai Agriculture Directorate. For his part, Dr. Mohamed Shata, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture in South Sinai, said in a statement to "Akhbar Al-Youm Gate" that low temperatures during the winter are a decisive factor for the success of sugar beet seed cultivation because the severe cold stimulates the plant to produce high-quality seeds, noting that the research team headed by Dr. Nabawia Saleh, the scientific supervisor and executive director of the project, was able to produce two varieties of sugar beet seeds, the first variety is Egypt "26" and the second variety is Egypt "27", and the registration of the third variety "Egypt "28" is being completed, stressing that the productivity of the local varieties that have been registered exceeds the imported varieties in terms of vegetable production and root production. Read also | Ashraf Naseer: We aim to cultivate 90 thousand acres of sugar beet this year. He continued that due to the climatic conditions in Saint Catherine, most tropical crops give high productivity, while at the same time the pests and diseases that threaten sugar beet cultivation are few. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture indicated that the city St. Catherine is above sea level

Dr. Ahmed Azzam, Head of the Agricultural Services and Follow-up Sector, received a memorandum from Dr. Mohamed El-Mansi, Head of the Agricultural Quarantine, on the efforts made by the Agricultural Quarantine to open new markets and facilitate the flow of agricultural exports abroad, within the framework of the political leadership’s directives to enhance the movement of Egyptian exports to work on attracting sources of foreign exchange and working to open new markets for Egyptian exports of agricultural crops, and recently opening the Myanmar market to Egyptian exports of table potatoes. El-Mansi pointed out that the Myanmar market was opened to Egyptian exports of table potatoes in accordance with what was received from the Agricultural Quarantine in Myanmar, so the Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine issued technical instructions in this regard. It is worth noting that Egypt’s potato exports this year amounted to 982,072 tons for the first time, as a services portal for potato producers and exporters was launched, available on computers and personal phones, including: the “Establish Your Farm” service, where the farms to be established are drawn with their equipment and monsters and added to the geographic database of empty areas, and the “Follow Your Farm” service, through which the results of remote sensing analyses are raised using images