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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
10/25/2025 10:08:47 AM
With the wheat procurement price now set in advance, it only remains for Egypt’s farmers to play their part amid expectations of a bumper harvest
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/5/2025 6:46:04 PM
Gazing out at his vast, sun-drenched field of wheat in eastern Ukraine, farmer Sergii Dozhenko is nervous.
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Egypt
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Society
5/21/2025 1:31:37 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended the 2025 wheat harvesting season event on Wednesday, calling on the private sector to invest in the 800,000 feddans that the Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority plans to complete to make the land suitable for agriculture.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/10/2025 9:20:27 AM
The harvest’s strong start is promising
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Business
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Economy
3/3/2025 3:11:35 PM
Egypt secured a €90 million concessional loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Monday for the Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project to install new wheat silos and reduce bread costs for citizens.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
11/30/2024 7:42:00 PM
Geopolitical factors and strategic manoeuvring could further complicate the global grain market, with Egypt potentially emerging as a key player in this complex geopolitical chess game.
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Business
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Economy
11/7/2024 7:27:19 PM
The Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, Ministry of Agricultural and Land Reclamation, and the British Embassy in Egypt launched Thursday a two-year project titled “Enhancing Food Security and Achieving Economic Stability by Supporting Small Wheat Farmers.”
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Egypt
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Society
10/2/2024 5:26:45 PM
The Egyptian cabinet approved on Wednesday to increase the reference local wheat procurement price by 10 percent from EGP2,000 to up to EGP2,200 per ardeb (150 kg) for the new harvest season (2024-2025).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/18/2024 1:44:00 PM
As Egypt seeks to import more wheat to safeguard its strategic reserves, experts explain the economic forces governing the grain trade.
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Business
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Economy
9/2/2024 5:11:56 PM
Egypt’s strategic wheat reserve is sufficient for 5.9 months, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk told Asharq Business at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2024 6:25:39 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty discussed in a telephone call with Romanian counterpart Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu ways to boost economic bilateral relations between the two countries and Egyptian wheat imports from Romania.
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Egypt
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Society
7/18/2024 11:25:44 AM
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk said on Thursday that Egypt's reserve of local and imported wheat is enough for 6.9 months.
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Egypt
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Society
6/26/2024 2:47:26 PM
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has signed contracts to purchase 470,000 tons of Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Ukrainian wheat through an international tender.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/23/2024 9:47:25 PM
The easing dollar crisis is paving the way for a promising wheat season, reports Ahmed Abdel-Hafez
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Business
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Economy
4/23/2024 7:42:34 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly affirmed on Tuesday that the banking system stands fully ready to secure the foreign currency necessary to increase the strategic reserves of essential commodities.
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Business
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Economy
4/16/2024 10:38:59 PM
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi announced on Tuesday that a higher committee will be formed in the upcoming days to monitor the prices of bread in light of changes in flour prices.
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Egypt
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Society
4/16/2024 6:16:40 PM
Governorates across Egypt started on Monday receiving local wheat from farmers, setting their sights on collecting 3.5 million tons of the staple crop during the 2024 wheat supply season.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/19/2024 9:20:26 PM
A promising wheat season is in the offing thanks to a decrease in international prices and an increase in procurement prices from local farmers, reports Ahmed Abdel-Hafez
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Egypt
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Society
3/14/2024 1:38:27 PM
Egypt’s cabinet has increased the local wheat procurement price by 25 percent from EGP 1,600 to EGP 2,000 per ardeb (1 ardeb = 150 kg) for the forthcoming harvest season.
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Business
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Economy
1/28/2024 2:56:07 PM
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has suspended trading on wheat in the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange (EME) due to price speculation in the local market, said Minister Ali Moselhi on Saturday.
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