The Hamads, like many farmers, prefer a traditional wheat variety called "72", which produces a fine white flour that is not milled with bran, a defining feature of Egypt’s baladi bread.

The ancient Egyptians were very successful farmers. Find out more about farming and the ancient Egyptians in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 history guide.

The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a worsening economic situation. But many of these ...

Egyptian livestock farmers are culling chicks amid a shortage of feed imports, as soaring costs exacerbate a historic food crisis. About 1.5 million tons of corn and 500,000 tons of soybeans ...

* Farmers say lack water, fuel, seeds to boost output . By Yasmine Saleh . MINYA, Egypt, April 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-led government must be dreaming if it expects a bumper wheat harvest over ...

Middle East; Egypt’s Food Supply in Danger as Farmers Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change Changing weather patterns have brought bouts of unusually intense heat and record-low temperatures ...

Egypt’s fish farmers have struggled for years now. Media reports and industry groups point the blame at climate change and Cairo’s pollution of Egypt’s waterways. But for their part, farmers say the ...