List of all articles filed under “egypt-agriculture” category.
Hesham ElNaggar shares his assessment of the agriculture sector in Egypt and gives an overview of Daltex Corporation, a leading agricultural company specialized in fresh produce exports which was established in 1964 by Samir El Naggar. Daltex Corporation is the largest exporter of potatoes globally, and one of the biggest producers of oranges.
Hesham ElNaggar, CEO of Daltex Corporation, gives an overview of the company’s scope of business. Daltex is the largest exporter of potatoes globally, and one of the biggest producers of oranges. Daltex exports agricultural products to over 60 countries around the globe.
The following list of the top agriculture & agribusiness companies in Egypt has been chosen according to the size and type of produce that rank the below companies as the top agriculture & agribusiness companies in the country. The list of the top agriculture & agribusiness companies in Egypt includes companies such as ESIIC and Wadi Group.
We have a mega project: the Damietta project, a grain logistics hub. It is related to the poor Egyptian who buys a loaf of bread from a village in Delta or Upper Egypt. In order to guarantee the stability of what we are doing, we have to invest for the future.
Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat, at around 10 million tons per year. Unfortunately, due to the lack of sufficient or proper storage conservative numbers by the government estimate around 30% of crops are wasted. Blumberg Grain has a solution.
“We started by my older brother in Lebanon back in 1957. We are “chicken” people. Poultry is our life,” explains Tony Freiji, President & CEO Wadi Group.
“If we look at this particular sector, Egypt is poised to play a leading role in supplying quality food and processed foods to the rest of the world, particularly Europe, the Eastern United States and the rest of the Mediterranean Basin,” notes Tony Freiji, President & CEO Wadi Group.
“Egypt is very capable when it comes to milling. We have mills that produce excellent quality. They are capable and some of them even export to Africa. This is as far as flour milling is concerned. As for pasta, we are also very capable and we also export to Africa. Egyptian rice, on the other hand, is one of the best kinds of rice in the world.”
“We started by my older brother in Lebanon back in 1957. We are “chicken” people. Poultry is our life – we eat, sleep and breathe it; we know everything about poultry… Apart from poultry, Wadi Group has been growing in the food sector, particularly olive oil, fresh vegetables and fruits grown particularly for export.”
Egypt’s agriculture is composed mainly of two segments: the larger agribusiness operations growing produce on a large scale and the smaller traditional family farms that account for 80% of the cultivated land in the country.
