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Egypt Targets 10 mln Ton Wheat Harvest

Egypt aims for 10M tons of wheat in 2025, up from 9M, through expanded land use and crop yield improvements to reduce import reliance.
20.04.25 | Source: Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt expects to harvest 10 million tons of wheat this year, up from 9 million in 2023, driven by improved crop yields and ambitious land reclamation efforts, Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk told Reuters late on Wednesday.



He said 3.1175 million feddans (about 1.30 million hectares) have been cultivated this season — slightly lower than the 3.5 million feddans announced earlier by the planning ministry and 3.2 million feddans in 2024 (1.34 million hectares), suggesting a possible decline in total wheat area.


Farmers have told Reuters that wheat has become less profitable compared to crops like beets, whose area increased from 500,000 feddans (210,000 hectares) to 700,000 feddans (294,000 hectares) this year.


The government plans to buy 4-5 million tons of local wheat and import about 6 million tons to provide heavily subsidized bread for over 69 million Egyptians.


Farouk said newer high-yield wheat strains developed by the Agricultural Research Center have raised productivity by 7-8.5%.




 


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