The New Humanitarian | Egypt

- Food
- Analysis
- 19 October 2022
In COP27 host Egypt, hunger mounts amid soaring import costs and weather extremes
Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS

A baker carries bread in El-Kalubia governorate, northeast of Cairo. Egyptians on average consume 146 kilos of wheat products every year, more than double the global average.

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