Reuters – Between poor rainfall, fuel shortages and soaring fertilizer prices, it’s been a bad year for wheat farmers in northeastern Syria. The northeast is vital to Syria’s grain production, but the Kurdish-led authorities that control the area do not expect this year’s harvest to meet the needs of their region, let alone allow for
Poor Syrian wheat outlook adds to food worries
Egypt courts unrest by limiting subsidized bread
Egypt plans to start rationing subsidized bread, taking a risky step to curb the budget deficit by restricting supplies of cheap loaves vital to the poor. The government will start rationing “after two months,” Supply Minister Bassem Ouda said. Trials of a rationing system using electronic smart cards will begin in the restive Suez Canal
Egypt to ration subsidized bread in high-stakes move
Egypt plans to start rationing subsidized bread, a minister said on Tuesday, taking a risky step to curb the budget deficit by restricting supplies of cheap loaves vital to the poor. The government will start rationing “after two months,” Supply Minister Bassem Ouda said. Trials of a rationing system using electronic smart cards will begin
Egypt bakers threaten strikes to protest missed payments
Reuters / Egyptian bakers are threatening strike action unless the government meets demands including back payment of financial incentives, raising the prospect of fresh unrest in the crisis-ridden north African country. Abdullah Ghorab, head of the bakers’ association which represents 25,000 private bakeries across the country, said imminent strike action has been postponed following a
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