Beheira Governor Nadia Abdu ordered the establishing an agricultural commodities exchange on Thursday, Al Borsa reports. The exchange will help stabilize prices for key crops by breaking suppliers’ hold on them, Abdu said. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had ordered the establishment of the exchange as part of his strategy to spur development in the Western regions of Egypt.
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