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Egpyt tries to adapt to drop in Russian cereal supplies and Indian embargo

Workers collect wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, 25 May 2022.
Workers collect wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, 25 May 2022. © Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/MaxPPP
Egypt is having great difficulty importing large quantities of Russian wheat, which represented nearly 60% of its purchases prior to the war in Ukraine. Cairo is now trying to negotiate with New Delhi in the hope of ensuring a partial lifting of the embargo on Indian wheat. [...]
Published on 20.06.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
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