date:Mar 12, 2014
crops on a large scale in the open field. About 98% of the total acreage of tomatoes are grown in the open field as a determinate bush tomato crop. As well as this, 1 percent of the farmers are growing indeterminate tomato crops on stakes or with strings. But due to the demand from Western-Europe, larger farmers in Egypt have developed an interest in protected cultivation. According to Ahmet Tunali from vegetable seed breeder Rijk Zwaan, cherry tomato cultivation is a small market with a steady