Can Egypt become self-sufficient in wheat?
Egypt produces half of the 20 million tons of wheat that it consumes with irrigation and imports the other half. Egypt is also the world’s largest importer of wheat. The population of Egypt is currently growing at 2.2% annually, and projections indicate that the demand for wheat will triple by the e...
Main Authors: | Senthold Asseng, Ahmed M S Kheir, Belay T Kassie, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Aly I N Abdelaal, Dorota Z Haman, Alex C Ruane |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2018-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aada50 |
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