CAIRO – 6 June 2024: Head of the Vaccination Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Mohamed Saad stated Thursday that Egypt had self-sufficiency of poultry, noting that the shortage in feed availability had been solved. The official added that there were 22 Chinese companies interested in establishing feed plants in Egypt for it is considered a safe and profitable business. In a meeting with parliamentarians at the House of Representatives in 2021, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al Sayed Al Qusair stated that Egypt produced annually 1.4 billion birds, and 14 billion eggs. The minister noted that such production size made Egypt self-sufficient of pourtly. Al Qusair pointed out that nine zones, spanning over 19,000 feddans and lying in four governorates, have been allocated to pourtly investments.

Source: Egypt Today June 06, 2024 12:54 UTC