Egypt’s rice production rises 53.8% during 2018/19
- Date: 09-Feb-2021
- Source: Egypt Today
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Egypt
Egypt’s rice production rises 53.8% during 2018/19
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) - CC
CAIRO – 9 February 2021: The Egyptian Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced an increase in rice production by 53.8 percent during 2018-2019
CAPMAS said in a statement, Tuesday, that the area of the cultivated rice crop reached 1.3 million feddans in 2018-2019 compared to 0.9 million feddans in 2017/2018, marking an increase of 51.9 percent.
Production amounted to 4.8 million tons in 2018/2019, compared to 3.1 million tons in 2017/2018, with an increase of 53.8%.
It stated that the total cropped area is 16.2 million feddans in 2018/2019 compared to 16.1 million feddans in 2017/2018, with an increase of 1 percent, while the total cultivated area reached 9.3 million feddans in 2018/2019 compared to 9.2 million feddans in 2017/2018, with marking an increase of Its rate is 1.5 percent.
He pointed out that the wheat