Agriculture News
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Egypt approves delegating industrial land allocation to Industrial Development Authority
In April, some industrial land was made available for free to investors, according to the decree published in the country’s official gazette.
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Egypt's purchases of local wheat reach 4.711 mln tonnes
In 2015, the government said it had procured a record 5.3 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers, up from 3.7 million the previous year.
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Egypt's local wheat buying at 4.464 million tonnes
The figure surpasses a target of 4 million tonnes that was set by the government at the beginning of the season.
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Egypt meets local wheat buying target of 4 million tonnes
Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat, bringing in an estimated 11 million tonnes during the 2015/16 marketing year.
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Egypt's Sisi inaugurates MOPCO fertiliser plant expansion
German conglomerate Siemens is currently constructing three power stations in Egypt that aim to add 14.4 gigawatts of electricity to the national grid
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Egypt buys three million tonnes of domestic wheat
The ministry said farmers are continuing to harvest the wheat, the farmland for which amounts to 3.4 million feddans nationwide.
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Egypt sets price for local cotton and corn crop
Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed said in a statement that certain types of cotton would be banned during the current season.
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Egypt begins domestic wheat procurement, expects 4 mln tons
In March Egypt's grain buyer, GASC, imported 60,000 tonnes of wheat, making stockpiles sufficient until the first week of July.
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A high-tech attempt to ease Egypt’s grain drain
Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat but also a prolific squanderer of its own crop.
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Egypt's GASC receives wheat offers from six trading firms
The lowest offer for the tender was for 60,000 tonnes of French wheat at $179.44 a tonne free-on-board (FOB) from Soufflet.
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Egypt's wheat reserves enough until beginning of July
Last month, GASC had to cancel an international wheat tender after being offered unsatisfactory prices by only four traders.
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Egypt appoints new head of agriculture quarantine authority
The position has been assigned to Ahmed Embabi, the head of research at the ministry's Agriculture Research Centre.
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Egypt's Central Bank to restructure state agricultural lender
The PBDAC, which is currently under the jurisdiction of the ministry of agriculture and not the CBE, will be restructured.
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EU wheat futures edge lower on Egypt import uncertainty
Traders were cautious about the letter sent by Egypt's Agriculture Ministry stating it would allow traces of ergot fungus in wheat imports.
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Wheat offers remain scarce at Egypt GASC wheat import tender
Suppliers have been presenting offers to GASC with a risk premium for the past two tenders due to uncertainty about the allowed limits of ergot.
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Egypt cancels wheat tender due to insufficient offers
World's largest wheat buyer unable to get satisfactory prices in the aftermath of rejecting a french shipment for reported high ergot levels.
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Egypt only accepting standard 0.05% ergot in wheat
A high level of ergot in wheat can cause serious health problems if consumed.
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Egypt to open MENA's first agricultural commodities exchange
The plan is to trade eight commodities through 2 million contracts in the first year while targeting 9.5 million contracts in five years.