The Agricultural Export Council, related to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and representing all Egyptian exporters of fresh agriculture produce, join forces with KEF/Bashaier Networks, to support the linkages and contract farming agreements between the small farmers trained by Bashaier Networks and the exporters.
“From Farm to Export” the project launched by KEF which enables small farmers to register their farms in the Ministry of Agriculture coding system for export compliance is operated by the AEC in cooperation with the Ministry’s quarantine services, covers to date 5 horticulture crops. KEF project is focused on the crops which are high labor intensive and characteristic of the small holdings and presently launching the strawberries value chain in the governorate of Qaliubeya and the guavas value chain in the governorate of Behera.