Major companies hold sway on 85% of used seeds

The minister of agriculture Rachid Ben Aissa has called on the private and national operators working in the sector of cereals to participate in securing the alimentary self-sufficiency of the country that counts 1 million farmers.

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• In a declaration to Echourouk the Secretary General of the Algerian free farmers Gaid Salah has indicated that Algeria has lost 85% of its control on the seeds it uses during its yearly production.

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• He explained this drastic shortfall by the fact that the Algerian farmers have abandoned the traditional techniques used to store the seeds of the current year.

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• Gaid Salah has further noted that Algeria has lost its alimentary independence after major international companies held sway on seeds production forcing the Algerian farmers to turn to them.

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• He has further added that the Algerian farmers use 15% of the locally produced seeds at best, which adds to the country’s imports’ bill year after year.

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