Germany helps Egypt in agricultural arena

The German government allocated 16 million marks for the Egyptian agriculture sector through which a bank for agricultural genetics will be established in addition to projects of ratifying fertilizers and improving seed production.

The Egyptian - German joint projects include contributions to using agricultural methods that does not rely on the use of insecticides and the production of virus-free citrus.

Saad Nasser, manager of the agricultural research center, said that total German donations reached 26 million marks in all fields and that there is a project to develop Egyptian citrus production in cooperation with the German government.