Egypt to inspect farmland in Uganda for wheat

January 11, 2010

Photo: Sharon Schmickle

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's top wheat importer, said on Monday it will send a committee to inspect suitable farmland in Uganda to grow wheat.

"There is a committee that will visit Uganda in order to determine an area to grow wheat there for Egypt and we are awaiting approval from the Ugandan side on that request," cabinet spokesman Magdy Rady said.

He gave no further details of the terms under which the land would be used.

Rady, speaking after a joint news conference held by Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and his Ugandan counterpart Apollo Nsibambi, said several committees had already visited Uganda in order to determine appropriate plots of land for the project.

Nsibambi said he had discussed the project during his visit.

An Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters in June that the two countries would soon sign a deal to grow wheat.

Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country with about 77 million people, consumes around 14 million tonnes of wheat a year, of which it imports around half.
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