Storyline: Egypt's Minister of Agriculture Alaa Farouk stressed the importance of cooperation in the agricultural sector with other BRICS countries, ahead of the 17th BRICS Summit running from Sunday to Monday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Egypt, one of several countries to join the BRICS group last year, is looking for detailed and fruitful discussions about agricultural cooperation during this year’s BRICS summit. Noting the bloc's global influence, Farouk said that Egypt has signed several memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with BRICS members over the past two years, particularly in agricultural trade and scientific collaboration. Shotlist: FILE: Egypt - Date Unknown: 1. Various of farm machines operating, people collecting potatoes 2. Field 3. Various of farmers digging potatoes Egypt - Recent: 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Alaa Farouk, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture (partially overlaid with shots 5-6): "Food security has become a priority for most countries especially with the recent geopolitical volatility. BRICS countries accounts for 59 percent of the world's population. The cultivated land of BRICS countries accounts for about 33 percent of cultivated land globally. It has 39 percent of clean water resources worldwide and has the largest number of small farms in the world at an average size of of 4.8 acres (nearly 2 hectares) per farm. BRICS nations produce 1.24 billion tons of grains a year. That's 44 percent of global production." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Egypt - Date Unknown 5. Various of farmers working in field 6. Various of farmers picking up harvest [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - April 29, 2025 7. BRICS 2025 Brazilian chairmanship logo 8. Flags of BRICS members, partner countries Egypt - Recent 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Alaa Farouk, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture: "The truth is we signed several MOUs with BRICS members in the last two years. We started exporting mango to China and other BRICS countries. There are partnerships in science, education and expertise sharing." FILE: Egypt - Date Unknown 10. Various of farmland, irrigation system 11. Aerial shot of machine spraying pesticide in farmland. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]