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Egyptian Wheat Farmers Cope with Compounding Disruptions

This year’s wheat harvest season in Egypt—the world’s biggest importer of the staple crop—comes at a time when the U.N. says the Ukraine war has sent international food prices soaring to "a new all-time high, hitting the poorest the hardest,” with the country’s annual inflation rate surging to a three-year high of 14.9 percent. Amid rising global wheat prices and food security concerns, Cairo photojournalist Hamada Elrasam shows the pressures facing Egyptian farmers.

Captions by Elle Kurancid.

El-Sayed El-Quseir, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture, says, "We’ve taken proactive steps to face the global economic crisis, including the National Project of Silos, which has increased our ability to maintain strategic reserves."
5 El-Sayed El-Quseir, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture, says, "We’ve taken proactive steps to face the global economic crisis, including the National Project of Silos, which has increased our ability to maintain strategic reserves."
Egypt's wheat harvest was delayed by three weeks this year, due to a spell of bad weather at the end of March through the beginning of April.
6 Egypt's wheat harvest was delayed by three weeks this year, due to a spell of bad weather at the end of March through the beginning of April.
Hajj Salah, a vegetable farmer who planted half of his land with onions, says, "The price of onions is not as good as last year. I hope I'll be able to cover my farming costs and regular family expenses."
7 Hajj Salah, a vegetable farmer who planted half of his land with onions, says, "The price of onions is not as good as last year. I hope I'll be able to cover my farming costs and regular family expenses."
Mohamed Hassan, a wheat farmer, says, "The wheat roots increase the salinity of the soil, and now we are not allowed to plant rice freely to cleanse it. I'm not sure if I'll plant wheat next season."
8 Mohamed Hassan, a wheat farmer, says, "The wheat roots increase the salinity of the soil, and now we are not allowed to plant rice freely to cleanse it. I'm not sure if I'll plant wheat next season."

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