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Video | Home-grown wheat, home-baked bread
The pressure on farmers has posed a threat to the private wheat reserves of many Egyptians
Mostafa Mostafa Mohamed
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#Russia-Ukraine conflict
Keeping Egypt above the breadline: How has the government strategized to supply wheat during a global shortage?
The state looked to local farmers for nearly double what they would in other years
Nada Arafat
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Shortages of Ukrainian corn, price hikes threaten Egypt’s food security
Ukraine is among the top three exporters of corn to Egypt
Nada Arafat
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How is our food security holding up in the pandemic? An interview with agriculture professor Nader Nour Eddin
If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that we don’t produce a large portion of our food.
Osman El Sharnoubi
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#inflation
Inflation persists as dollar scarcity holds up import shipments
Import shipments that are not deemed strategically necessary continue to pile up
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Government hunt for local wheat grows tense as end of season approaches
Aside from the deterrence of legal action, farmers have little incentive to deliver their crops.
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#bread subsidies
As end of local harvest approaches, Egypt buys 465,000 tons of wheat from Russia, Bulgaria, Romania
The tender casts doubt on the state's aim to amass 5.5 million tons during the local harvest
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Uncertainty looms regarding Egypt’s exemption from Indian wheat export ban
An Agriculture Ministry said the matter is still up for negotiation with India.
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#food production
Hundreds of students reportedly suffer from food poisoning by school meals in 3 governorates ahead of nationwide roll out
The school meals are part of a wider plan to provide students across Egypt with free healthy meals.
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#bread subsidies
Food prices decline globally, rise in Egypt
According to the World Bank’s September Food Price Watch report, global prices of internationally traded foods dropped by six percent between April…
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Mohamed Ramadan
Should we achieve wheat self-sufficiency?
«Each April, at the start of the wheat harvest, there is a nearly ritualistic scene. Each of the three presidents who have ruled over Egypt play…»
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Hala N. Barakat
On food and its sovereignty
«The concept of “food sovereignty” has recently surfaced in public debates, replacing the more widely known term, “food security.” Both terms are about the importance of…»
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