Area
Egypt
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
13/03/2019
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Cultivation limits
Description
Announced that it would raise the area limit on rice cultivation from 824 000 feddans (346 00 ha) in 2018 to 1.07 million feddans (452 000 ha) in 2019, in an effort to lower the country's import bill and stabilize local quotations. The additional area would be cultivated with water-conserving and salt-tolerant varieties.
