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Egypt to increase wheat production up to 75% over 3 years.

Egypt to increase wheat production by up to 75% over 3 years.
Region: Egypt
Created: Aug 18, 2010, modified: Jan 12, 2012, overall rating: 0.000




Egypt is setting up a strategy to increase domestic production of wheat to between 70 and 75% over a span of 3 years.

Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Amin Abaza announced that there will be a new price of wheat which will be announced in November.  It is expected to be approximately 380 pounds of Ardebs.

The Minister of Agriculture, said that the implementation of irrigation development in an area of 5 million acres of old land will have a positive effect on the expansion of wheat growing horizontally. as it will  amount to 10 billion cubic metres of irrigation water over 10 years.

(SIS)

Global Arab Network

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