EGYPT: THE STABILITY OF VEGETABLE PRICES IN THE TRANSIT MARKET ON AUGUST 7

Pico Agriviet

Vegetable prices stabilized in the wholesale market during today’s transactions, Sunday, August 7, 2022, and added to the announced price of 5-7 pounds per kilo in retail markets.

The “Akhbar Al-Youm” portal publishes the prices of vegetables as follows:

• The price of tomatoes ranged from 1.75 to 3.5 pounds per kilo
• Potatoes range from 2.5 to 4.25 pounds.
• Onions range from 1 to 2 pounds.
• Zucchini ranges between 5 and 8 pounds.
• The price of carrots ranged between 2.5 to 5 Per kilo
• Beans between 6 to 9 pounds
• Turkish eggplants between 1.5 to 3 pounds
• Municipal eggplants range from 1.5 to 3 pounds
• White eggplants range from 1.75 to 3.75 pounds
• Municipal turkey peppers range from 2 to 4 pounds.
• Municipal hot pepper between 3.5 to 5.5 pounds.
• Okra 14 to 20 pounds per kilo.
• Molokhia between 2.5 to 3.5 pounds.
• Municipal cucumber between 2.5 to 4.5 pounds.
• Greenhouse option between 3.5 to 5 pounds
• Municipal lemon Between 5 to 15 pounds.
• Taro is between 3 to 6 pounds per kilo.
• Garlic is between 7 to 11 pounds.

For his part, Engineer Mahmoud Fawzy Atta, head of the Central Administration of Agricultural Crops, said that the state is keen to support the Egyptian farmer by all means because it is the main factor for agricultural development and one of the pillars of the national economy .

Therefore, the state decided to provide all possibilities to ease his burdens by providing them with soft loans, to expand the establishment of greenhouses. The procedures for licensing greenhouses were also facilitated , and the necessary services and instructions were provided to them during the period of climatic changes in the country to avoid the effects of heat stress on agricultural crop.

Source: https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3843398/1/استقرار-أسعار-الخضروات-في-سوق-العبور-الي

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