food scarcity
Global Risks Report 2023 urges on collaborative action to counter cost of living crisis
World
January 12, 2023
Global Risks Report 2023 urges on collaborative action to counter cost of living crisis
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report has warned about deeply interconnected global risks for the past 17 years. According…
Egypt govt vows to bear cost of anticipated global price hikes on food
Egypt
January 26, 2011
Egypt govt vows to bear cost of anticipated global price hikes on food
The Egyptian government on Monday vowed to shoulder the cost of any new global food price increases this year.Trade and…
Local stocks of wheat, flour suffer due to truckers’ strike
Business
December 22, 2010
Local stocks of wheat, flour suffer due to truckers’ strike
Wheat stocks at local flour mills are being rapidly depleted due to a countrywide truck drivers’ strike--now in its 13th…
GASC makes new import tender for 230,000 tons of wheat
Business
December 16, 2010
GASC makes new import tender for 230,000 tons of wheat
Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) made a new tender offer this week for the import of 230,000 tons…
Amid soaring beef prices, poor Egyptians brace for meat-less Eid
Egypt
November 14, 2010
Amid soaring beef prices, poor Egyptians brace for meat-less Eid
Mohamed Saieed sat grumpily behind his counter of the Mourad Butcher in Giza.
“I have plenty of time to talk,”…
Minister unveils new agriculture plan to avert crop waste
Business
November 7, 2010
Minister unveils new agriculture plan to avert crop waste
Egyptian Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza, at a celebration held on the occasion of World Food Day, announced that his…
France to boost grain exports to Egypt to 3 million tons annually
Business
October 28, 2010
France to boost grain exports to Egypt to 3 million tons annually
Participants at the 15th French Grains Conference, held in Cairo on Thursday, predicted more heat waves and floods in different…
Agriculture Ministry officials blame low tomato yields on virus
Business
October 14, 2010
Agriculture Ministry officials blame low tomato yields on virus
The Ministry of Agriculture is in the process of drawing up technical committees to examine tomato production throughout the country…
Prime Minister: Soaring food prices ‘outside government’s control’
Business
October 12, 2010
Prime Minister: Soaring food prices ‘outside government’s control’
Soaring meat and vegetable prices represented a "seasonal phenomenon" caused by crop damage resulting from poor weather conditions and were…
Soaring vegetable prices strain household budgets in governorates
Business
October 11, 2010
Soaring vegetable prices strain household budgets in governorates
Vegetable prices continued to rise this week in governorates throughout Egypt, with per-kilo tomato prices reaching LE13; garlic LE9; cucumbers…