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Egypt targets 12 million feddans of farmland and higher crop prices by 2030
October 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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MAMasrawy
الجبلي: رفع سعر توريد المحاصيل استجابة حقيقية لمعادلة التكلفة والإنتاج
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MAMasrawy
نائب: توصيات منتدى مصر 2026 ترسم خارطة طريق للنهوض بالقطاع الزراعي
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يواليوم السابع
وزير الزراعة: نستهدف زيادة الرقعة الزراعية لأكثر من 12 مليون فدان بحلول 2030
(opens the publisher’s site)Egypt's 2026 Forum has issued agricultural recommendations including higher strategic crop procurement prices, as the ministry targets over 12 million feddans of farmland by 2030.
- MP Mohamed Abdel Hafiz said the forum recommended raising wheat procurement to 2,650 EGP per ardeb and sugar beet to 2,300 EGP.
- Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk said the state targets expanding farmed land to over 12 million feddans by 2030, from about 10.5 million.
- Abdel Hafiz said grain silo storage capacity would rise to 6 million tons by 2030 from 4.4 million tons.
- He said non-traditional water resources added 5 billion cubic meters annually.
- Abdel Salam al-Gebaly, a Mostaqbal Watan Party official, hailed the procurement price hikes as a genuine response to the cost-price equation.