Highlights

Higher wheat prices push Egypt to increase price of subsidized bread for first time since 1989

Bread prices have long been a sensitive political issue in Egypt. In 1977, President Anwar Sadat cut the subsidies, triggering protests known as the “bread intifada”—ultimately forcing him to roll back his subsidy reform. In 2011, Egyptians took to the streets protesting the regime of President Hosni Mubarak with slogans calling for “bread, freedom, and social justice.” In 2017, Egyptian Ministry of Supply proposals to reduce the state-sponsored provision of bread from up to 4,000 to 500 loaves per bakery provoked large-scale protests across the country.

News

Digital tools for smallholders in Egypt: The launch of a new price monitoring tool – Mahsoly

The rapid adoption of mobile phones in agricultural and production systems provides an avenue to unlock the potential of digital innovations to transform smallholder agriculture in low- and middle-income countries. Previous research highlights how the adoption of digital tools can enhance farmers' profits and marketing outcomes by improving market efficiency through better supply and demand matching.

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Events

POLICY SEMINAR: Towards Advancing Children’s Nutritional Intake

Date: July 30, 2024 Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Conrad Cairo (Google Maps) Background Global estimates show that 309 million people in 72 countries are acutely food insecure. In parallel, half a million children under 18 years of age lived in a conflict-affected country, and nearly 100 million children lived within 50 km […]

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Arab FNS Blog

One year of war in Gaza: Food emergency continues with no end in sight

With conflict in the Middle East now escalating into Lebanon and beyond, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to face dire food security conditions. One year has passed since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians, triggering the Israeli military retaliation and war that have killed more than 41,000 Palestinians and devastated the livelihoods of Gaza’s population of over 2 million.

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