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Business
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Economy
9/6/2022 6:04:23 PM
Afreximbank and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP Egypt) have discussed cooperation in Smart Agriculture, Green Energy, Value Chain, Financial Inclusion and Impact Investment.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
8/24/2022 3:11:36 PM
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Egypt signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Saudi Savola Foods company in order to advance Egypt’s Vision 2030 and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the areas of climate change adaptation and food security.
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Business
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Economy
8/7/2022 3:51:10 PM
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi met Sunday with a delegation from the World Bank to activate a development finance agreement that had been endorsed in June.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
7/31/2022 12:14:59 PM
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has launched a Food Security Response Program (FSRP) worth $10.5 billion to support the bank’s 75 member countries, including Egypt, to address the ongoing food crisis amid the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/27/2022 9:43:00 AM
Al-Ahram Weekly assesses the likely outcomes of the regional visit by the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/26/2022 9:05:15 PM
Food and water security are at the top of Egypt’s diplomatic agenda, reports Dina Ezzat
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/24/2022 7:51:06 PM
The US government pledged $50 million (EGP 947 million) to support Egypt’s food security as well as the smallholder farmers in the country to help offset the severe global consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US embassy in Cairo said on Sunday.
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Business
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Economy
7/19/2022 1:51:23 PM
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Directors approved a loan on Thursday worth $271 million to finance Egypt’s Food Security and Economic Resilience Support Programme that targets supporting the country’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the global shocks on the domestic economy.
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World
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Region
7/6/2022 9:34:59 PM
Tunisian farmer Mondher Mathali surveys a sea of swaying golden wheat and revs his combine harvester, a rumbling beast from 1976 which he fears could break down at any moment.
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World
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International
7/6/2022 7:32:08 PM
World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat -- and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertilizer and energy, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
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Opinion
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7/6/2022 11:02:55 AM
Global food security is surrounded by a number of challenges, especially in developing countries where there has been an acceleration of the pace of uncontrolled urbanisation and the phenomenon of building on agricultural lands, which affects the sustainability of agricultural activity and the effectiveness of the food system.
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Business
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Economy
6/29/2022 11:55:38 AM
The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors announced its approval on Wednesday of a $500-million-loan to back Egypt’s social protection net and food security in the face of the impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian War.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/21/2022 11:44:03 AM
The European Union on Tuesday pledged an additional 600 million euros to help vulnerable nations weather a food security crisis worsened by Russia's war on Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/13/2022 10:11:16 PM
The United Nations on Monday begged world trade ministers meeting at the WTO not to impose export restrictions on food for humanitarian purposes, amid a food security crisis.
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World
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International
6/12/2022 2:57:14 PM
The World Trade Organization chief voiced cautious optimism Sunday as global trade ministers gather to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/10/2022 4:27:59 PM
Egypt submitted on Thursday a draft resolution to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to strengthen its response to food security challenges in net food-importing developing countries and least developed countries (LDCs).
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World
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Region
6/9/2022 12:00:43 PM
Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn't have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/3/2022 1:59:47 PM
Egypt's Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Badr Abdel-Atti discussed on Friday with EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski means of enhancing cooperation between Egypt and EU in the fields of agriculture and water management and treatment.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/30/2022 6:21:34 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday that the Russian-Ukrainian war casts a shadow over the entire global economy and threatens food security in various countries of the world.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/18/2022 4:36:41 PM
The US, several global development banks and other groups unveiled a multi-billion dollar plan Wednesday meant to address a worldwide food security crisis exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine.
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