Egyptian smallholders grow nearly half of the country's crops, a lifeline role increasingly important after grain imports were stalled by war in Ukraine -- but they are struggling to survive.
Despite their crucial role providing food for the North African nation's 103 million people, smallholders are cash-strapped and indebted, frequently selling their harvests at a loss.
His onions would sell in Egypt: but financing, marketing and infrastructure hurdles create massive gaps between supply and demand. Smallholders cultivating plots no bigger than a football pitch produce nearly half of Egypt's field crops, making their role key in making up for any shortfall in importsOrdinary Egyptians eat bread at almost every meal, and Egypt’s wheat farmers ramped up production to 40 percent of the country's needs.
By June, farmers had provided more than 3.5 million tonnes, according to the supply ministry, over half the domestic supply goal to August, and equal to the total amount supplied in 2021. "Instantly, when things got tough, it went back to compulsory delivery, but this time without the services that came with it," Nour said.
Entrepreneur Hussein Abou Bakr launched a start-up finance company called Mozare3, 'farmer' in Arabic, which offers farmers financing solutions and agronomy support.
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