An agricultural policy review of Egypt: First steps towards a new strategy

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
cg.coverage.countryEgypt
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2EG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle East
cg.creator.identifierClemens Breisinger: 0000-0001-6955-0682
cg.creator.identifierYumna Kassim: 0000-0002-7438-9165
cg.creator.identifierSikandra Kurdi: 0000-0001-7399-6003
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Egypt Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number11
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.placeCairo, Egypt
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorKassim, Yumna
dc.contributor.authorMahmoud, Mai
dc.contributor.authorKurdi, Sikandra
dc.contributor.authorBreisinger, Clemens
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:05:00Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:05:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145766
dc.titleAn agricultural policy review of Egypt: First steps towards a new strategyen
dcterms.abstractThe latest population census in Egypt shows that there are more people now living along the narrow strip of land by the Nile than ever before, 95 million (CAPMAS 2017). The country’s rapidly growing population, its limited water resources, and its dependence on food imports all reinforce the importance of an integral agricultural policy. With the recent series of economic reforms that saw the flotation of the Egyptian pound, the imposition of a value-added tax, and decreases in energy subsidies, Egypt has a unique opportunity to focus on sector-level policies, including those within agriculture. This paper reviews agricultural and other related policies and their impact on the overall economic performance of the agricultural sector in Egypt. This stocktaking of policies is to serve as the basis for developing a more comprehensive agricultural strategy and policy framework that aligns sectoral policy objectives with policy measures in an effective and consistent manner. The paper is intended to serve as a reference for policymakers, researchers, and institutions. It highlights agriculture’s place in the Egyptian economy and examines water and irrigation policy and the provision and distribution of agricultural inputs, research, and extension, and reviews the price and procurement policies for key crops. Other public policies and their impact on agriculture are also evaluated via a look at the food subsidy system, land rent and tenure, land reclamation, and trade policies. The concluding section of the paper presents a summary of key messages and proposed questions for further research.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKassim, Yumna; Mahmoud, Mai; Kurdi, Sikandra; and Breisinger, Clemens. 2018. An agricultural policy review of Egypt: First steps towards a new strategy. MENA RP Working Paper 11. Washington, DC and Cairo, Egypt: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145766en
dcterms.extent31 pages
dcterms.isPartOfMENA RP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2018-08-15
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/132788
dcterms.subjectcottonen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectcrop productionen
dcterms.subjecttrade policiesen
dcterms.subjectsubsidiesen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectwheaten
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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