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Food imports in Egypt account for more than 40 percent of the calories consumed by Egyptians (FAO), writes CNN Business (Arabic) in a report on the food crisis in the country.  What is known is that Egypt is the largest importer of wheat in the world, and it used to import about 85 percent of […]

Almawq3, in a piece on inflation in Egypt, writes that a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute found that eight-five percent of Egyptian families dispensed with meat; seventy-five percent dispensed with poultry, dairy, and eggs, and sixty-one percent reduced their consumption of fish. Approximately twenty-five percent reduced their consumption of bread Egyptian families […]

The role of women in agriculture and the household will be discussed in an upcoming conference, reports Presse Gauche in a piece on the agriculture sector and women’s roles. There has been a renewed interest in rural women and the role they play in agriculture. This is due to the renewed focus on agriculture – […]

Panic over food supplies spiked in the early months of the war between Russia and Ukraine, writes Agri-Pulse in a short summary of the latest news. These fears about food access for populations spurred countries like Indonesia and India to curb exports of agricultural commodities. But export restrictions are now on the decline, and prices have […]

Press Bee writes in an article about how Egypt is dealing with the economic crisis that has turned into a food crisis. The country, it writes in an article is too reliant on exports and the government wants to reduce the unemployment rate by relying on domestic production. The government wants to expand the field […]

Despite some improvements in yields and farmer adoption of modern technical practices, significant structural problems continue to plague the sector.  To better understand the problems faced by the shrimp sector, CGIAR, a global research platform, conducted a study to document the issues faced by the sector, including interviews with 25 multi-stakeholder experts. The preliminary results […]

Dutch Multimedia published an article stating that domestic food price inflation remains high globally. Information between September and December 2022 shows high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries. The article quotes from an analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI surveyed 44 low- and middle-income countries and found the potential […]

Rassad published a long piece on the results of a study conducted by (IFPRI) the International Food Policy Research Institute.  IFPRI conducted a survey of more than 6,000 poor and semi-poor households from all over Egypt by phone in October and November 2022. The researchers wanted to know how households dealt with food insecurity, food […]

In Egypt, butchers say they are shutting up shop as the costs of supplying goods to customers have risen so high that many have stopped buying and eating red meat, reports Mada Masr.com. With the rates suppliers are offering, butchers would have to hike the purchasing price for consumers still further, a move they fear […]

Farm Progress, in a report on food prices, writes, the rate of inflation may ease a bit in the coming months, but that won’t come as much relief for growers and consumers still facing mounting costs, two financial experts acknowledge.  Despite rising commodity, labor, and energy costs, the farm value of retail food prices has […]