The Egyptian Company for Agricultural and Rural Development (ECARD), affiliated to the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural credit (PBDAC), plans to revive the contractual agriculture project in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Egyptian Poultry Producers Union, according to Sayed ElKosayer, the chairperson of PBDAC. Afterwards, the crops will be cultivated across the govenrorates of lower Egypt after building driers in them. Elkosayer added that cooperation with NOMP includes cooperation in the works of construction and engineering consultancy. The Agricultural Bank had reconstituted the board of directors of the ECARD and appointed Mostafa Hadhoud, the former governor of Beheira, as its chairperson. This step aims to develop the company and maximise its role in serving Egyptian farmers.

Source: Daily News Egypt August 20, 2017 18:00 UTC