|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Sports
1/25/2022 8:05:33 PM
AFCON has reached the quarter-finals where the remaining games will separate the wheat from the chaff, reports Alaa Abdel-Ghani
|
|
Business
-
Economy
1/25/2022 5:23:01 PM
Egypt will raise the local wheat procurement price for the harvest beginning in April by around EGP 670 ($42.66) per tonne amid a rise in global prices, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Tuesday.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Egypt
11/18/2021 10:02:00 AM
The government is raising the price of the wheat it buys from farmers by 13 per cent to encourage them to cultivate more land.
|
|
World
-
Region
11/17/2021 11:52:39 AM
Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment.
|
|
World
-
International
11/4/2021 10:36:00 PM
World food prices are the highest since July 2011, reflecting in part reduced wheat harvests by major exporters and higher palm oil prices, the United Nations' food agency said Thursday.
|
|
World
-
International
10/24/2021 2:52:39 PM
Afghanistan's Taliban government launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labour.
|
|
Business
-
Energy
10/19/2021 11:55:00 AM
Power shortages are turning out streetlights and shutting down factories in China. The poor in Brazil are choosing between paying for food or electricity. German corn and wheat farmers can't find fertilizer, made using natural gas. And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a cold winter.
|
|
World
-
Region
10/5/2021 11:16:11 AM
After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman lost his last wheat crop to a wildfire, he had hoped for a better harvest this summer. But this spring there was hardly any rain.
|
|
Egypt
-
Foreign Affairs
9/25/2021 5:36:13 PM
El-Sisi affirmed keenness to boosting relations to include food industries, wheat silos, ports, energy and tourism
|
|
Life & Style
-
Health
9/1/2021 2:54:02 PM
Wheat varieties developed in the 1980s are being blighted by disease in Tunisia, but farmers say that traditional varieties appear to be more resistant
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Egypt
6/25/2021 12:15:00 PM
Egypt is boosting its wheat production in a bid to decrease its reliance on imports
|
|
World
-
Region
6/21/2021 12:04:51 PM
The agricultural blow and lack of funds to finance the imports will add to pressure on a Syrian economy already reeling from the war and buckling under the pressure of US sanctions, and the COVID-19 pandemic
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
5/2/2021 7:23:34 PM
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, plans to procure around 4 million tonnes of wheat from farmers this season
|
|
Business
-
Economy
4/29/2021 3:12:39 PM
Romania, has been among the largest grain sellers in the EU, and along with France and Russia is an active exporter of cereals to Middle East, with Egypt the main buyer
|
|
Life & Style
-
Health
4/18/2021 9:44:45 PM
Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions of poor people with deficient diets
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/5/2021 11:08:52 AM
Minister Ali Moselhi added that 'Egypt is looking to procure 4 million tonnes of local wheat from farmers this season'
|
|
World
-
Africa
3/14/2021 8:22:00 PM
Last month, Sudan devalued its currency as part of an IMF-monitored programme and is seeking foreign financing to help it build up foreign reserves
|
|
World
-
International
2/6/2021 1:19:02 PM
Farmers fear the reforms will leave them at the mercy of big corporate buyers, gradually ending the current practice of assured government purchases mainly for grain such as wheat and rice
|
|
Business
-
Economy
2/2/2021 8:23:14 PM
|
|
Business
-
Economy
10/10/2020 12:18:25 PM
The General Authority for Supply Commodities received EGP 4 billion, and EGP 127 million were allocated to import 530 tonnes of wheat
|