Food Sovereignty and Agricultural Policy of Egypt

• Main Authors: V. A. Isaev, A. O. Filonik
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Government of the Russian Federation, Financial University 2021-03-01
• Series: Мир новой экономики
• Subjects: egypt; food and food security; agrarian reform; crops; agrosphere; water resources; natural environment; peasant household and farming; agribusiness
• Online Access: https://wne.fa.ru/jour/article/view/310

The material conditions for countries and peoples’ existence are now changing signifiantly and sharply and put forward new requirements for the quality of reproductive mechanisms. To a large extent, this process is related to the village, which seeks to increase agricultural productivity, but cannot yet become on a par with industrial potential. The gap between these two parts of a single economic organism is large and is especially noticeable in developing countries and, in particular, in Egypt. This country is extremely poor in agricultural resources; it has been trying for decades to overcome the threat of hunger, sometimes achieving moderate success in some areas. But on the whole, it can only follow events in a catch-up mode. Now Egypt is entering a new phase of the struggle for food sovereignty and an unclear fial result. However, the state’s current policy is focused on making food security solvable.