SAHEL SELIM, Egypt (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a small village 45 minutes from the city of Assiut, in southern Egypt, a group of farmers and their families gathered to watch a theater ...

SECOND VILLAGE, Egypt -- In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in this agricultural community newly created at the far end of Egypt's Fayoum oasis. His parents were among the village's ...

In the agricultural heartland of Egypt, along the fertile banks of the Nile, one of the year’s most significant harvests is under way. As the sun rises over the rural province of Menoufia, farmers in ...

MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-led government must be dreaming if it expects a bumper wheat harvest over the next six weeks that will save the country billions of dollars in imports, says ...

SECOND VILLAGE, Egypt -- In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in this agricultural community newly created at the far end of Egypt's Fayoum oasis. His parents were among the village's ...

In recent years, the Egyptian government has often blamed food crises, price hikes, and the lack of certain products on farmers and traders while ignoring macro policies such as the devaluation of the ...

As recently as 4 October, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta. The two leaders talked regional security but also the latest development “in relation to the issue of ...

SAMALOUT, Egypt, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Eman Essa's husband died and she took over running his farm in southern Egypt, she found herself guessing when the wheat crop needed ...

The family of 55-year-old Egyptian farmer Makhluf Abu Kassem, sit on his land as he plows and works, in Second Village, Qouta town, Fayoum, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Abu Kassem fears that a dam ...

New ideas on how to deal with climate change are easier to accept and understand when they come with a bit of fun, agriculture experts say SAHEL SELIM, Egypt, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In ...