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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/28/2023 7:31:51 PM
Safaga Port in eastern Egypt received on Saturday 63,000 tons of Russian wheat aboard the dry cargo ship PAREA, according to the Red Sea Port Authority (RSPA) media centre.
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Business
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Economy
1/27/2023 7:13:17 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is working with Egypt to alleviate the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the country’s food security and agriculture, including by funding water projects, said the President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/24/2023 7:34:22 PM
The government is promising Egypt’s wheat farmers higher prices for their crops, reports Ahmed Abdel-Hafez
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Business
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Economy
1/18/2023 10:50:00 PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the cost of wheat subsidies will reach EGP 95 billion by the end of the year, up from EGP 38 billion.
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Business
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Economy
1/18/2023 4:56:38 PM
Egypt has raised the price of local wheat procurement for the new harvest season, which starts in April 2023, by 42 percent to hit EGP 1,250 per ardeb (1 ardeb= 150kg), up from EGP 880.
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Egypt
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Society
1/16/2023 6:46:50 PM
Egypt targets buying four million tons of local wheat supplies from farmers during the upcoming harvest season beginning in April, announced Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi on Monday.
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World
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Africa
1/10/2023 8:28:14 PM
The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about a massive food crisis in the Sahel that has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, with more than five million additional people now facing "severe food insecurity."
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Egypt
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Society
12/29/2022 3:18:28 PM
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), Egypt’s state grain buyer, has announced that it has contracted for 200,000 tons of Russian wheat under the World Bank-backed Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project.
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Egypt
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Society
12/18/2022 9:26:16 PM
Egypt’s strategic reserves of each of wheat, sugar, corn, oil, and rice are sufficient for four to six months, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi told President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in a meeting on Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/29/2022 10:36:19 PM
The long-awaited Egyptian Mercantile Exchange Egycomex started operations this week with tenders to sell imported wheat, reports Safeya Mounir
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Egypt
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Politics
11/23/2022 4:33:31 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a $6 billion loan agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to help the country meets it basic food commodity needs of imported wheat, fuel products, and petroleum derivatives.
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Egypt
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Society
11/13/2022 9:08:47 PM
Egypt has enough strategic reserves of basic commodities, including wheat, to cover the country’s needs for months to come, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/30/2022 11:03:48 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has directed maintaining the strategic reserves of basic commodities and monitoring their market prices to ensure the stability of the country’s food security status.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/10/2022 5:36:32 PM
Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy called on MPs to help the government reform the bread subsidy programme in order to cut wheat imports and reduce pressure on the state budget and foreign exchange reserves.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/6/2022 3:30:40 PM
Pakistan's foreign minister on Thursday said that about 50% of the water has receded in the country's worst-hit southern Sindh province, raising hopes that farmers will be able to sow wheat in a first step toward returning to a normal life.
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World
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International
9/26/2022 5:41:37 PM
Like every year, Arz Mohammed had planted his little patch of land in southern Pakistan with cotton. The crop would earn him enough so that, as he puts it, his family of five wouldn’t be reduced to begging. Then came the deluge.
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Egypt
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Society
9/21/2022 11:16:54 PM
Egypt will achieve self-sufficiency in rice production soon and has enough wheat reserves to cover 6.3 months of the market’s needs, as well as sugar reserves to cover 5.1 months, Egypt’s Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi stated on Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
9/13/2022 10:01:15 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry lifted this week its ban on the export of several staple food commodities, including wheat, flour and fava beans for six months since March.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/3/2022 4:02:00 PM
Egypt’s wheat stocks are being replenished but at a price.
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Business
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Economy
9/1/2022 11:06:06 PM
Egypt has announced that the wheat supply season from local farmers came to end on Wednesday, with around 4.2 million tons secured over the past five months, according to the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
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