Egypt increases rice area cultivation to 1.1m feddan in 2019
Egypt to increase its rice area to 1.1m feddan in the 2019 season, up from 800,000 feddan in 2018, in order to reduce the country’s import bill, the ministry of agriculture announced on Wednesday. Egypt began importing rice in 2018, after slashing the cultivation of rice-a water-intensive crop-at the time, to conserve vital Nile river …
