Egyptian PM gives directives to find solutions for small farmers' problems

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail ordered to find urgent solutions to the problems of small farmers and provide social and medical care for them as well as production requirements to implement the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi who sets the farmer at the top of the state's priorities.

This came during Sherif's visit to the headquarters of the Agriculture Ministry in Dokki on Sunday where he met with Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Essam Farid as well as the cadres of the ministry.

The premier discussed with them the ministry's plan to be submitted to the next parliament as part of the cabinet's platform.

The meeting took up also the means of developing the agricultural sector in Egypt and solving the problems of small farmers in poor villages.

They tackled national projects such as the project of 1.5 million feddans, developing the countryside and marketing the agricultural crops.

Source: MENA