Tuesday 09/Sep/2025 – 01:22 PM
Dr. Ahmed Al -Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, accompanied by Dr. Mohamed Al -Tony, Deputy Governor, inaugurated the cotton crop season, in one of the agricultural fields, in the city of Monshaat Rahmi village, which is affiliated with the Etisa Center, and the participation of the farmers with their joy in starting the harvest season, in conjunction with the celebration of the 73rd Egyptian Farm Day.
Attending the leaders of the province
This came in the presence of Dr. Osama Diab, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in Fayoum, Dr. Nader Younis, Director General of Control at the Ministry of Agriculture, Eng. The control of the Directorate of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in Fayoum, Engineer Zeinhum Ashour, Director of the Directorate of Guidance at the Directorate, Eng.
The Governor of Fayoum stressed that the Egyptian cotton has global quality, and that the political leadership began to take studied steps to return it to its previous era in the global market, in the context of the attention that the state attaches to strategic crops, including cotton, in a way that benefits the farmer and raises the level of its economic living, stressing the facilitation of procedures and overcoming all obstacles facing them when marketing it to obtain rewarding prices, through the declared auctions without intermediaries, Expressing his happiness with the participation of the farmers, their overwhelming joy in reaping the cotton crop, offering them congratulations on the “73rd Egyptian farmer’s feast”.
The governor pointed out that the state is keen to encourage farmers to expand the cultivation of the cotton crop during the coming years, as an important strategic crop such as wheat, by providing all the farmers concerned with organizing agricultural counseling campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of cotton crop cultivation, pest resistance methods, and providing approved selected seeds, which give high productivity and quality in cotton staple, explaining that productivity The acre from the cotton crop this year is from 8 to 10 quintals, which is more than the productivity of acres last year, which amounted to 5 to 6 quintals.
The Governor of Fayoum stressed the resolution of any monopolistic practices for cotton merchants, negatively on farmers, stressing that the relevant agencies in the governorate will be assigned to follow up the auctions of selling cotton, to impose strict control over monopolistic policies, pointing out that coordination is taking place with the relevant ministries to achieve the public interest of farmers, noting that the province is doing its best to upgrade the agricultural sector, And stressing the preservation of the agricultural patch from the encroachments, and adhering to it, as Fayoum is an agricultural province in the first place, and that agriculture is a source of permanent giving to many families.
The governor directed the officials of the Directorate of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in Belfium, that all cotton holders should notify the date and place of holding auctions to sell cotton, to invite farmers and farmers to attend auctions, with the announcement of the global price and the price of the dollar in a clear place for everyone before the auction start Or monopoly during the supply of the cotton crop.
In a humanitarian gesture, the Governor of Fayoum listened to the request of one of the mutilated women who work in the agricultural sector, regarding the provision of some home supplies to her family, and immediately the governor, head of the Etisa Center and City, in coordination with the officials of the Social Solidarity Directorate in Fayoum, to provide the necessary assistance, needs and basic home requirements, as he was keen to talk with farmers, and listen to their demands about fertilizers Agricultural and irrigation water, directing officials of the authorities related to studying and researching these demands and working to meet them.
For his part, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in Fayoum explained that the total cultivated area of the cotton crop this year in the governorate is about 10 thousand 848 acres of the Giza class (95), with 1309 acres in the Fayoum Center, 2134 acres in the Sinnuras Center, 2756 acres in Tamiya Center, 1749 acres in the Etisa Center, and 858 acres in the center Abswai, and 567 acres in the Youssef Al -Siddiq Center, along with an area of 1475 acres belonging to 34 agricultural reform societies in the various centers of the governorate.
He added that the cotton pricing committee is being formed by the Ministry of Agriculture to determine the appropriate price, to open the crop supply season, and allocate assembly rings in the various centers of the governorate, stressing that it will not be allowed to create any special episodes or receipt centers that are not allocated for this matter, and cotton will only be received through farms directly, by the personal investigation card, and the agricultural possession card, to ensure that there is no fraud in the bags Bridals.
Fayoum Governor opens the cotton harvesting season in one of the agricultural fields in the village of Rahmi
