Egypt says it has enough wheat for next nine months as global food crisis bites – The National

Egypt says it has enough wheat for next nine months as global food crisis bites – The National

Egypt has enough stockpiles of most essential food, including wheat, to meet consumption for at least the next six to nine months, two cabinet ministers said on Thursday.

At a ceremony marking the start of the wheat harvest at a farming development in southern Egypt, the agriculture and supply ministers sought to reassure the country’s 103 million people as they struggle to make ends meet in the face of a steep rise in local food prices.

“The Egyptian state is capable of achieving food security for its glorious people,” declared Agriculture Minister El Sayed El Quseir at the televised ceremony attended by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.