Egyptian farmers expand wheat production to help the country boost food security

Talaat al-Sisi, an Egyptian farmer who has been self-sufficient in producing wheat for his family for years, decides to expand wheat production for his country, which is suffering from the global supply chain interruption and price hikes during the Russian-Ukraine conflict. “Next season, I will enlarge my land to grow wheat in order to help the country secure the grain,” the 50-year-old man told Xinhua as he walked through his farm located in the Menoufia Governorate, north of the capital Cairo. Al-Sisi said that he will increase his wheat farm from 6 to 13 feddans (1 feddan=1.038 acres). He noted that the government has helped farmers to produce bountiful and high-quality crops, providing them with seeds, fertilizers and agricultural care. “At the end of the season, the government always buys the crops from farmers in a good price. I think it is time to help my country,” he said. Al-Sisi is one of the Egyptian farmers who plan to enlarge or have enlarged their wheat farms, partly ...