Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed said on Saturday 7/5/2016 that about 1.1 million tons of wheat have been collected from farmers so far.
Fayed said the Principal Bank for Development & Agricultural Credit paid 300 million pounds for farmers and a similar sum will be transferred to the bank on Sunday 8/5/2016 to pay all financial dues to the farmers.
The minister said the total wheat-cultivated land is 3.4 million feddans and their productivity is expected to stand at 9.4 million tons of wheat.
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail decided on Saturday 7/5/2016 to form an operations room to follow up the wheat purchase and storage in silos.
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Source: All Africa