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Agriculture is one of the sectors in Egypt least affected by Corona (Al-Shorouk News)

May 04, 2021


Al-Sharorouk News published a blurb on the 2021 GFPR. The information stated that the 2021 Global Food Policy Report revealed that the size of the disruptions resulting from the Corona pandemic differed between economies in the Middle East and North Africa region, as agri-food systems showed relative flexibility in the Middle East region, where the percentage of decline in agricultural food output ranged between 3 and 9 percent in Egypt, Yemen, and Sudan, and it reached 38 percent in Jordan, while agriculture was one of the least affected sectors in Egypt and Sudan. The Ministry of Planning participated in preparing the chapter on the Middle East and North Africa in the Report. (Reach 465K) 

 

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