The Communications Ministry is cooperating with an unnamed German company to develop early detection technologies for some diseases, and a Japanese company to test pesticides, Minister Amr Talaat said at AmCham’s US-Egypt Prosperity Forum yesterday. The ministry is also working with several companies in China, Japan, the US, the UK, France, and Russia to boost startups and create youth jobs.

Also from the Amcham conference: The ministry will issue electronic smart cards to farmers next year to ensure they receive their entitled amount of fertilizer and pesticide subsidies, Talaat said. The program was announced in 2016, and is also meant to prevent corruption in the Agriculture Ministry, Al Monitor said at the time.

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