date:May 26, 2014
year's total.
Private traders' estimates for the local crop are consistently below government estimates, which also do not vary significantly from year to year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects Egypt's production to reach 8.95 million tonnes this year, up only 300,000 tonnes from last year.
Any efforts to expand wheat production onto uncultivated land are hampered by soaring population growth and illegal building on farmland, which officials say has increased since the 2011 u