Egypt plants a third of its wheat area so far this year -Agriculture Ministry official

Egypt has cultivated roughly a third of its wheat area — some 1 mn feddans out of a total of 3.5 mn feddans — so far this year, an Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters. The planting season began on 15 November and will continue until the end of this month. Last year, Egypt harvested 8.5 mn tonnes of domestic wheat from some 3.16 mn feddans.