Egypt aims to produce 70% of wheat locally by 2030

Egypt succeeded in increasing the land cultivated with wheat to 3,650,000 feddans in 2023, with an annual increase of 250,000 feddans, according to the Director of the Field Crops Research Institute and Head of the National Campaign to Preserve Wheat, Reda Mohamed.

Mohamed noted that this comes within the framework of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s interest in expanding the cultivation of strategic crops, especially wheat.

Source: Egypt Today Magazine