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EGP 44bn designated for domestic wheat purchases from farmers: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has announced the allocation of approximately EGP 44bn…

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Ancient grain unlocks genetic secrets for making wheat bread more resilient

Building on the Middle East’s reputation as one of the historical birthplaces…

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Opinion| Egypt’s wheat problem: A matter of fiscal management rather than global circumstance

Focusing on high import figures, however, can isolate Egypt’s wheat problem from…

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Agriculture Ministry begins testing new wheat mutations next August

Officials of the Authority held intensive meetings over the past weeks to…

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Al-Sisi directs government to control prices of bread, support wheat farmers

Minister of Supply reviews Egypt’s strategic stock of basic food commodities 

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Egypt’s Finance Ministry allocates EGP 11bn to buy local wheat

State places great importance on easing farmers’ burden as main pillar for…

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Trade Ministry purchases 2.742m tonnes of local wheat since April: Meselhi

Egypt is world’s largest importer of wheat, consuming 10m tonnes per year

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Egypt’s strategic reserve of wheat “safe”: cabinet

"Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has enough stock of the grain…

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Egypt accepts French wheat shipment after re-testing for ergot fungus

Egypt has restested a French wheat shipment that was rejected earlier for…

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Egypt rejects French wheat shipment for excessive levels of ergot fungus

Egypt has rejected a French wheat shipment for because of higher-than-acceptable levels…

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