Int’l Cooperation Min. reviews to IFAD Egypt’s effort to curb COVID-19 – Egypttoday

Int’l Cooperation Min. reviews to IFAD Egypt’s effort to curb COVID-19 – Egypttoday

CAIRO - 21 April 2020: "Egypt took early steps to face the Coronavirus outbreak as the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi had decided to allocate LE 100 billion for a comprehensive plan for facing socio-economic implications," Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said Tuesday in panel organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).. Al-Mashat pointed out that Egypt put in place special programs, such as fund allocations for farmers to ensure their sound management of agricultural crops through digitalization that would ensure farmers constant knowledge of food safety standards to protect Egypts exports of fresh products and to ensure securing strategic commodities such as wheat.. Concerning the agricultural sector, the Minister pointed out that the government collaborated with international organizations concerned with food security such as the UN agencies IFAD, WFP and WHO in order to conduct a quick assessment of priority requirements in support of farmers and to maintain food security for citizens.. The organizations would determine their operations in Egypt based on the latters priority needs in collaboration with the Ministries of International Cooperation, Agriculture, Social Solidarity and Local Development, in addition to different governorates across Egypt.. The Minister called on international organizations such as IFAD