President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al Sayed al-Qusair, and Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie to follow up on a number of projects relevant to food security.
Rabie presented the updates of the construction of the infrastructure necessary to establish fisheries. The under-progress projects are fish farms, water plants, feed factories, and packaging facilities.
On that front, the president instructed the allocation of the resources needed to bolster local fish production.
As for animal production, the minister of agriculture briefed the chief of state on the steps made to enhance local breeds, IVF procedures, and better link farms with milk collection centers.
In that framework, the president stressed promoting the program concerned with introducing most productive cattle breeds.
The minister also presented the progress rate of developing Al Zahraa Horse Farm, which is one of the oldest and most distinguished in breeding Arabian Horses.
Source: Egypt Today
