Saturday, September 23, 2023 12:38 AM
A researcher at the Agricultural Research Center revealed the date of the decline in tomato prices in the markets, after tomatoes witnessed an increase in their trading and offering prices in the local markets, during the past days, which raised many questions. The coverage was prepared by colleague Mahmoud Reda Al-Zamili and presented by colleague Ahmed Al-Adl.
The coverage reviewed that the tomato crop is one of the strategic crops, which requires great awareness and awareness from farmers, of the most important technical and guidance recommendations received regarding this crop, before making the decision and starting cultivation, as experts explain that the heat wave that struck the country during the past months had an impact. This greatly affected prices and agricultural production, which led to a decline in production rates and an increase in the price of a kilo of tomatoes to reach 25 pounds per kilo.
The coverage explained what Dr. Ahmed Al-Saghir, a researcher at the National Research Center, said about the reasons for the steady rise in tomato prices, which is considered one of the successful economic crops in Egypt, provided that appropriate environmental and climatic conditions are available, and commitment to applying the recommended agricultural treatments, indicating that the crop is completing its growth stages as follows: What is required and hoped for is the availability of optimal temperatures that help the plant complete its life cycle and growth stages in full without any obstacles. The lack of sufficient awareness of ways to deal with the repercussions of climate change is one of the reasons for the current crisis.
Al-Saghir explained that failure to implement precautionary and preventive measures to limit the consequences of climate change and the extreme rise in temperatures during the months of July and August led to the death of a large percentage of flowers.
He added that neglecting to implement the technical and guidance recommendations received regarding ways to deal with waves of extreme temperature rises had a negative impact on the volume of expected productivity, and according to the principles of supply and demand, prices rose significantly, indicating that prices will return to their natural form, and decline again with… The beginning of next October and the harvest of the new arwah.
2023-09-22 21:38:00
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