Agriculture Ministry to launch electronic database to monitor livestock market

The Agriculture Ministry is planning to establish an electronic database and barcode system for livestock and poultry farms in a bid to tighten its oversight of the market, the ministry’s Tarek Soliman said. The system, which the ministry is also trying to implement on fruit and vegetable farmers to better track exported produce, will also allow authorities to monitor the size of the market and assess it needs, in addition to allowing them to keep track of any safety or quality violations.