Food News
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Mastercard partners with WFP to provide 1mln school meals during Ramadan
For every Amazon.eg website or app transaction made by customers in Egypt using a Mastercard during Ramadan, Mastercard will donate 1 school meal.
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Agriculture Min. Pumps more Commodities at Reduced Prices during Ramadan
The government is exerting efforts to provide food commodities to citizens at reduced prices and to confront the rise in prices.
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Egypt became the fourth largest supplier of frozen strawberries to the US in 2022
The US is the world’s largest importer of frozen fruits and vegetables, including strawberries, actively increasing these imports.
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Egypt bans sugar exports for three months: Trade minister
The Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir announced a three-month ban on all types of sugar exports, except quantities that exceed local need.
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Unprecedented increase in prices of food items in Egypt
Shops across Egypt have witnessed an increase in the prices of pasta and rice, in conjunction with production costs and inflation.
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Egypt releases corn, soy fodder worth $60mln from ports in week
This is part of the government’s efforts to secure the release of production inputs and fodders from ports in cooperation with the CBE.
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What does Ramadan mean economically for Egyptian homes?
This Ramadan, Egyptians are worried due to the hike in food prices that has been going on due to the devaluation of the Egyptian pound.
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President Sisi witnesses launching ceremony of ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ initiative
The event aims to celebrate the efforts of thousands of volunteers helping to provide food to over 20 million people nationwide.
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Local meat price exceeds LE300 per kilogram
The price of a kilogram of local meat has now exceeded LE300 in Egypt for the first time in history.
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Fruttela Wants To Export Citrus From Egypt To Brazil
The company 's president & CEO said Frutella wants to sell 1,000 tons of citrus and other fruits to Brazil over this year as a first step.
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Egypt Purchases 120,000 Tonnes of Ukrainian Wheat
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) contracted on behalf of the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, through an international tender
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Sisi stresses need to expand agricultural lot in Egypt
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has pressed for action to expand the agricultural lot in Egypt.
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Egypt, Italy mull boosting agriculture, land reclamation cooperation
The Egyptian premier expressed his country's aspiration for more joint projects with the Italian side.
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Egypt’s food usage at LE120 bn in Ramadan: Official
The First Assistant Minister to Supply and Internal Trade Ibrahim Ashmawy said that Egypt’s consumption of food commodities doubles during Ramadan.
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President al-Sisi arrives at nitrogen fertilizer complex
The complex is implemented by ThyssenKrupp AG, a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate, and Egypt's Petrojet.
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CBE Extends Excluding Rice, Beans, and Lentils Imports from Monetary Cover
CBE decided to extend excluding rice, beans, and lentils from the monetary cover by 100% on import operations for trade purposes for a year.
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Egypt to import fresh meat from Chad ahead of Ramadan
The Egyptian government is expected to import fresh meat from Chad ahead of Ramadan to remedy the price hikes of local meat.
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Japan supports Egypt’s agricultural production with $3.8mln grant aid through FAO
The project will target small-scale farmers in rural areas of Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta with the introduction of modern irrigation facilities.
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Here’s why Egypt withdrew from key UN grain agreement
This February, it submitted a request to withdraw from the deal effective June 30.
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Japan Aids Egypt with $3.8 Mln. for Food Security, Agricultural Productivity
The project will support the Egyptian government’s efforts to ensure food security by increasing water productivity in agriculture.