Jordanian Minister of Agriculture Khalid AL Hanifat on Tuesday hailed fruitful cooperation between Cairo and Amman in all fields, especially the agricultural ones.
Egypt and Jordan have been upholding cooperation in handling challenges facing palm trees cultivation as well dates production in both countries, the minister said in statements.
The agro-coordination between both countries in dates industry has prioritized taping into Egypt’s know-how in this domain, through getting firsthand information on methods of combating the palm weevil, which is deemed a key destructive factor for dates industry, minister Hanifat said.
Jordan’s dates production hit 30,000 tons, the minister said, adding that the Arab country’s dates exports recorded 14,000 tons, with a total value of $50,000.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
