Journalist Abbas Saad Opens the File on Agriculture with a Historical Introduction and Sends a Message to Farmers and Institutions to Keep Pace with Modernity

[00:04] We'll turn the wheel of production and go straight to agriculture, which has been almost entirely reduced to which has been almost entirely reduced to state-sponsored projects like nation-building and the "Future of Egypt" initiative, state-sponsored projects like nation-building and the "Future of Egypt" initiative, which has been working hard in recent years. We've started

[00:16] which has been working hard in recent years. We've started hearing about wheat making a strong comeback, from 2,000 feddans to 2 million feddans and 4.5 million feddans. And God willing, Egyptian cotton is making a comeback, long-staple varieties are starting to appear. The role of the

[00:30] long-staple varieties are starting to appear. The role of the Egyptian farmer has become crucial. The desertification of agricultural lands in Egyptian farmer has become crucial. The desertification of agricultural lands in villages and hamlets has become commonplace, and villages and hamlets has become commonplace, and we've been reduced to something more important than the farmer's role

[00:42] and the "Future of Egypt" initiative, or the rapid pace of change. There's an old saying, and excuse

[00:55] the expression, but it's very important: "The dog's tracks are mixed with the horse's tracks." Today, we have a new trend, and this was the scare tactic used with poultry, claiming that poultry is used with poultry, claiming that poultry is hormone-treated and that after 28 days, you can eat the

[01:08] poultry of its own age. Some have started to doubt this, claiming it's carcinogenic, disgusting, and If we research and study it properly, we'll find that the world has turned to something called cloning—how to

[01:24] turned to something called cloning—how to create breeds. How do we combine them to keep up with modernity and the rapid increase in population, and to create modernity without hormones? increase in population, and to create modernity without hormones? Hormones are a completely different matter, and

[01:41] know what I am saying. If they buy this small chicken, the chick, and raise it without hormones and feed it the food they are convinced of, after a month it is slaughtered. Of course, not all types of poultry, so that

[01:54] we are clear in the talk, but the problem is that we are parrots, we hear and repeat and doubt. Where will the successes come from? Where will the state come from, whether in agriculture or poultry, and all of it is a national industry that keeps up with the modernity of

[02:10] poultry, and all of it is a national industry that keeps up with the modernity of Great Britain, or England now? It did not rise up with technology, nor did it rise up with industry. It was the agricultural revolution that changed its course completely.

[02:22] How did Denmark and some countries meet modernity? How were the first milk-producing hens able to clone? Today, we reduce our milk production,

[02:34] or dairy products from Egyptian virgin goats, to the equivalent of 6 kilos per day, or approximately 10 kilos per day per goat. In some countries—we won't mention their names—a goat produces 12 kilos per day, with an average of two heifers.

[02:48] Why do they follow modernity? We don't have modernity here; we have skepticism. As long as production and abundance increase, then abundance increase, then something must be wrong with hormones. We fight, we attack, we

[03:00] stop. And when we import something, we don't inspect it. What is your problem? This is good because it is imported, and we have many

[03:13] good because it is imported, and we have many good people—I don't want to say evil people—who export these ideas to simple people because they want to import and trade a lot, except for those whom import and trade a lot, except for those whom God has mercy on, of course. Why do we reach this point? Why do we manufacture this and then ask

[03:28] God has mercy on, of course. Why do we reach this point? Why do we manufacture this and then ask when the sun will rise? When will the war stop? When, when the sun will rise? When will the war stop? When, sir, will the war stop? Or has it not ended? You are a consumer, you are a consumer. sir, will the war stop? Or has it not ended? You are a consumer, you are a consumer.

[03:42] Follow all your work and all your trade; the dollar is a key partner all your work and all your trade; the dollar is a key partner in it, and then you go and blame governments and systems.

[03:54] Why has our culture changed? So what does this have to do with the proverb we mentioned earlier, "The horse's tracks were mixed with the dog's tracks" (excuse the expression)? Because there are also were mixed with the dog's tracks" (excuse the expression)? Because there are also valid concerns. Give some people some excuse for what's been

[04:09] circulating lately, like the bananas or cucumbers bananas or cucumbers that are piling up in the fridge. There are a few who that are piling up in the fridge. There are a few who are violating their religion, their laws, and the laws of their country. God

[04:23] willing, our country is watching closely, and whoever falls deserves to be held accountable. What's coming is different from what's past. deserves to be held accountable. What's coming is different from what's past. Much corruption has been eradicated, and what remains will

[04:35] Much corruption has been eradicated, and what remains will end sooner or later. The remaining corruption will end. The symbols, the figures, and the people on the scene who are used to trade and quick profits— if they don't stop, they will be gone. And I swear to God, this is a

[04:50] if they don't stop, they will be gone. And I swear to God, this is a right place. We need to change our culture, and we need to go back. We don't want to reduce education, as we said before, to engineering colleges and medical colleges. We don't want to reduce

[05:07] agriculture to simple peasant production, devoid of any modernity or world technology. Time is evolving while we're still stuck in the past. Should I enter the bathroom with my right or left hand? Should I slaughter my

[05:20] chicken, or my sheep, or my cow according to the Sunnah or not? My dear, say "Bismillah" and eat, Sunnah or not? My dear, say "Bismillah" and eat, but modernity is necessary; God commanded it. but modernity is necessary; God commanded it. The Quran, the miracle of our Prophet (peace be upon

[05:34] The Quran, the miracle of our Prophet (peace be upon him), wasn't interpreted in his time. If it had been interpreted then, it wouldn't have been a him), wasn't interpreted in his time. If it had been interpreted then, it wouldn't have been a miracle. Modernity is essential; we must

[05:49] keep pace with it. Change is necessary; we must embrace everything new and progressive. We must move forward.