October Weather Raises Risk of Fungal Crop Diseases, Climate Centre Warns

Egypt’s Climate Change Information Centre has warned farmers of an increased risk of fungal diseases spreading among agricultural crops during the current period.

Dr Mohamed Ali Fahim, head of the centre at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, issued the warning as October weather raises the likelihood of infection.

The alert concerns a number of fungal diseases, rather than a single infection. The brief warning did not identify specific diseases or affected crops.

The message puts crop health in focus for farmers this month, although it did not specify the scale of any infections already recorded.