EGYPT – GM WHEAT DEVELOPMENT
30 April 2022. Source: Egypt Today
The Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, headed by Dr. Amr El-Hajj, announced that the agricultural research scientists in the authority have started harvesting the production of new strain of genetically-modified wheat at the authority’s site in Inshas city, Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate. This strain has high-productivity with distinct characteristics such as being resistant to cultivation in saline lands, and water shortage.