Bitter reality for Egypt’s sugarcane farmers
It is sugarcane harvesting season again, and negotiations between government officials, representatives of…
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Egypt to increase wheat cultivation to 3.74 million acres
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is looking to plant 3.74 million acres of the crop this season, up from…
Egypt procures 2.33 mln tonnes of wheat since start of harvest
Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, has procured 2.33 tonnes of wheat from local farmers since its…
Egyptian farmers deposit 237,000T of wheat at government silos in 15 days
Egypt's farmers have deposited 237,300 tonnes of wheat at government silos during the first two weeks of this…
Cabinet raises purchase price of sugar cane from local farmers
The Egyptian government has increased the price it pays local farmers for sugar cane by 25 percent, the Ministry…
CBE to restructure state agricultural lender
Egypt's Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) will be brought back under the…
U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops
U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation…
Egypt made the largest ever annual purchase of domestic wheat:Minister
The Egyptian government has bought 4.58 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers since the beginning of harvest…
New Egyptian Constitution Scraps Parliamentary Quota For Workers And Farmers
The fifty-member committee responsible for amending Egypt's constitution has removed an article mandating that 50…
Farmers Say Egypt’s Wheat Crop Hopes Are “A Dream”
Egypt's Islamist-led government must be dreaming if it expects a bumper wheat harvest over the next six weeks that…
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