Siwa Oasis’ date production the biggest worldwide

Egypt’s Siwa Oasis is the world’s biggest producer of dates, accounting for approximately 84,000 tonnes of the country’s annual date production of 1.5 mn tonnes, Agricultural Economics professor at Cairo University Gamal Seyam tells Anadolu Agency. According to Seyam, these dates are usually not exported due to “the poor quality of dates, challenges facing exports and neglecting the development of the palm sector.”