At a Chinese-funded chicken feed manufacturer in the Seventh Industrial Development Zone of Sadat City, Minuf province, Egypt, local workers are busy loading processed feed onto waiting trucks. These feeds will be continuously transported to the farms in Egypt to help the development of the local aquaculture industry.

"The chicken feed produced by 'New Hope' is of good quality and is well received by users," 36-year-old driver Ibrahim Hassan told Xinhua. 3 shipments. Our chicken farm has a scale of 3 million birds, and two-thirds of the feed comes from here.”

Ibrahim Hassan undertakes feed transportation for a local chicken farm. The "New Hope" he mentioned is New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. established in Egypt in 2011. According to Shao Wen, head of the Egypt area of the Overseas Business Department of New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd., the company currently has a total investment of 600 million yuan in Egypt, and has established 4 feed companies and a breeding poultry company, creating a large number of local employment opportunities. Every year, the local breeding of broiler chickens reaches 85 million.

"The strains used in the feed we produce are directly imported from China, which can effectively promote the better absorption of feed nutrients by broilers, and reduce the use of related drugs while enhancing the disease resistance of broilers. Called biological feed, it is characterized by high quality, environmental protection and high efficiency." said Yang Luofan, manager of the company's quality control department.

The feed-to-meat ratio is a measure of the maturity of the breeding industry. The lower the ratio, the higher the level of farm production and economic benefits. "Before we came, the feed to meat ratio of the Egyptian chicken industry was 1.8, and now the farms using our feed have dropped to 1.5," said Su Hao, general manager of the company. In the more than ten years of development in Egypt, the company has also trained and grown many Egyptian employees.

Mohamed Ramadan joined New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd. in October 2012 and is now the deputy manager of the company's production department, responsible for the daily management of the entire production workshop. "When I first joined New Hope, I was a warehouse manager. Through the company's training and my own efforts, I gradually mastered the feed production technology and grew into a company management cadre." He said.

Asma Saeed joined New Hope Egypt Limited in July 2018 and is currently the Deputy Manager of Farming Services. She regularly leads technicians to various farms to provide door-to-door services, implement breeding anatomy and testing, and help farmers find problems as soon as possible and improve efficiency. "In the beginning, many farmers could not trust female technicians, but after a period of time, they have confidence in me, they can call me at any time to communicate about breeding problems, and thank 'New Hope' for giving me this opportunity." Asma Said said .

"Farmers can get the services provided by the company in all links from buying chicks to selling broilers, which greatly reduces the risk of loss," said Asma Saeed, China New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. The development of the industry has added "new hope".Editor/XuNing