Egypt: Diversify sources of imported meat .. ‬ and an international tender for the production of bird flu vaccine locally

04/09/2010
Books Yasser Schori : agreed Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation to plan the development of livestock and poultry in Egypt, prepared by the General Authority for Veterinary Services, the Plan consists of three phases, initial short-term work to increase and diversify sources of meat imports from abroad, and the second medium-term by encouraging educators to implement projects through soft loans, veal, while the third stage involves raising the efficiency of productivity and improved breeds of foreign strains during mixing high production of meat and dairy . ‬

Dr. Mustafa Garhi Chairman, General Authority for Veterinary Services that the Commission has developed several programs and mechanisms for implementing this plan through the pack controls for import operations targeting access to energy import maximum to meet market needs urgent, along with mechanisms to establish a number of investment projects in the area of livestock and poultry in the capital next to the mechanisms for setting up a number of consulting projects in the area of livestock and poultry in the capital to face the crisis of the big meat .

He pointed out the preparations to face the waves of higher prices for meat and poultry in the last period in cooperation with the competent ministries and authorities .

‬ He added that the companies imported meat and poultry have a body includes 45 companies, including 20 company of red meat and 10 companies for poultry and 10 companies for the import of meat .

He explained that the plan included in the production of poultry in Egypt set up a factory for the production of vaccines and vaccine resistance to bird flu locally and be completed by the plant during a year and a half and funded by the Islamic bank next to several other donor countries .

It also approved the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation to launch an international tender to produce bird flu vaccine locally and the Ministry of Finance has allocated 40 million pounds for this purpose .