FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/01 - EGYPT (5 February)
Area planted to wheat and barley in 2001 is expected to be comparable to the previous year’s good level of about one million hectares , thanks to government incentives to increase production. Early prospects are generally favourable for the mainly irrigated crop, harvesting of which normally starts in April.
The 2000 cereal production (milled equivalent) stands at about 18 million tonnes, some 3 percent over the previous year’s above average crop. This includes some 6.6 million tonnes of wheat, 7.3 million tonnes of coarse grains and about 4.2 million tonnes of rice (milled).
Imports of wheat in 2000/01 (July/June) are forecast at 6.8 million tonnes and coarse grains, mostly maize, at 4.2 million tonnes.
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