Dr. Hassan El-Nomany, President of Sohag University, inaugurated the start of the wheat seed harvest season at the research training farm in New Sohag City, affiliated with the Faculty of Agriculture at the university.
He was accompanied by Dr. Abdel Nasser Youssef, Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Khaled Omran, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and Dr. Khalaf Hammam, Dean of the Faculty.
Accountant Ashraf Al-Qadi, Secretary General of the University; Dr. Mohamed Arabi, Director of the Agricultural Research Center; Major General Tarek Hafez, Director of the University Security Department; Engineer Yasser Al-Aboudi, Director of the Farm at the University’s new headquarters; and a group of staff members and farm workers.
Al-Nomany said that the wheat crop was harvested on an area of 20 acres at the new headquarters farm, where the Gemiza variety was harvested on an area of 11 acres allocated for seed production to meet the local Sohag market’s need for genetically improved wheat seeds.
He added that the farm includes a number of field crops planted on an area of 41 acres consisting of 20 acres of wheat for seed production, 7 acres of local clover, 6 acres of Egyptian clover, and 8 acres of Drawa for fodder.
Dr. Khalaf Hammam explained that faculty of Agriculture plays a pioneering and distinguished role in agricultural development and in development research projects in all its fields.
It is also keen to enhance its service and societal role by participating in the cultivation of strategic crops, most importantly wheat, in addition to developing new types of agricultural crops to increase local production.
Solving problems facing the agricultural sector by publishing and disseminating scientific research in various agricultural fields.
Dr. Mohamed Orabi stated that the fruit farm at the new campus consists of 22 acres of lemons, 5 acres of Siwi palm trees, 15 acres of oranges, and 1 acre of local grapes, in addition to a 1.5-acre vegetable farm planted with okra and peppers. The university has also allocated 15 acres of the farm for agricultural experiments and research.