Egypt targets 70% wheat self-sufficiency by 2030 as EU-backed project aims to curb crop losses

Egypt aims to boost its wheat self-sufficiency to 70% by 2030 as domestic production nears 10 million tonnes this season, bolstered by an EU-backed mechanisation initiative targeting 400,000 farmers to heavily reduce harvest losses, Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Alaa Farouk announced. Speaking at a mechanised harvest event in the Beheira governorate, Farouk stated that […] The post Egypt targets 70% wheat self-sufficiency by 2030 as EU-backed project aims to curb crop losses fi...