As part of the directives of Mr. Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, to restructure the Animal Breed Registration and Improvement Committee, Dr. Adel Abdel Azim, President of the Agricultural Research Center (ARC), chaired the committee’s second meeting to discuss key topics related to the development and enhancement of Egypt’s animal genetic resources.

The meeting was attended by:

• Dr. Sherine Assem, Deputy President of ARC

• Dr. Mona Mehrez, Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture

• Dr. Tarek Soliman, Head of the Animal and Poultry Wealth Development Sector

• Dr. Mohamed El-Shafie, Director of the Animal Production Research Institute and Committee Rapporteur

• Directors of the Animal Wealth Institutes, the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, the National Gene Bank, and the Regional Center for Food and Feed

• Several prominent experts, including:

  • Prof. Dr. Maher Hasab El-Naby

  • Prof. Dr. Adel Abu El-Naga

  • Prof. Dr. Abdel Rashid Ghanem, Director of the National Milk Collection Centers Project

Dr. Adel Abdel Azim, President of the Agricultural Research Center (ARC) and Chair of the Animal Breed Registration Committee, held the committee’s first preparatory meeting. The meeting was attended by several distinguished experts and leaders, including:

• Dr. Maher El-Maghraby, Vice President of ARC for Production
• Dr. Mona Mehrez, Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Animal Wealth
• Dr. Tarek Soliman, Head of the Animal Wealth Sector
• Dr. Mohamed El-Shafie, Director of the Animal Production Research Institute and Committee Rapporteur
• Dr. Mohamed Saad, Director of the Veterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute
• Dr. Mostafa Fadel, Director of Animal Reproduction Research
• Dr. Gehan Hosny, Director of the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute
• Dr. Nevine Abdel Fattah, Director of the National Gene Bank
• Dr. Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Director of the Regional Center for Food and Feed
• Dr. Farid Istino, Professor of Poultry Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University
• Dr. Essam Omar, Chief Researcher at the Animal Production Research Institute and genetic resources expert