Presitent Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed Sunday a wide range of issues, including making basic commodities available to consumers in the market, during a meeting with a host of government officials
The officials included Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, Minister of Supply and Domestic Trade Ali Muselhi, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation el-Sayed el-Qosier, and Director General of the National Service Projects Authority of the Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Walid Abul-Magd, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said.
The president discussed the availability of sufficient strategic and basic commodity stocks and the government’s efforts to make basic commodities available to citizens around the nation, Ambassador Radi said.
He added that President Sisi directed the government to make the necessary amounts of basic commodities available in the market and enhance strategic reserves.
This has to be done, he said, with the aim of meeting the needs of citizens.
The president also underscored the importance of making these commodities available in appropriate quantities and prices, the spokesman said.
Discussions between the president and the government officials also dwelt on the upgrade of some of the nation’s food industry companies, including food and beverages giant Qaha and preserved food company Edfina.
Ambassador Radi said the upgrade of these companies would aim to bring their outstanding production lines back to life and enhance the standing of national products in the local market.
The upgrade would also aim to increase the competitive edge of these products and increase their exports, the spokesman said.
He noted that during the meeting, the president also discussed the steps taken so far for the implementation of the national programme for the production of high-quality seeds.
The programme aims to produce sufficient amounts of seeds with the highest quality and the ability to resist diseases.
It is being carried out in co-operation with foreign partners with vast expertise in this field.
Spokesman Radi said the seed production programme aims to diversify agricultural output and improve its quality.
The president directed the government to step up the production of these seeds in Egypt, the spokesman said.
He added that President Sisi also noted that the programme should improve the quality of agricultural production and reduce imports.
It should also back national plans for bringing modern technology to the centre of agricultural production and providing the best agricultural products to citizens in accordance with the highest health and food standards and specifications, Ambassador Radi quoted President Sisi as saying during the meeting.
The meeting, he said, also focused on a plan for expanding co-operation with countries that have expertise in the production of palm oils on the road to establishing a logistics zone for refining and producing these distinctive oils for the benefit of local consumer and exports.
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