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Table 1: Production of grains and main pulses in Egypt (in 1000 tons).

Crop	1989	1993	% Increase

Wheat	3182	4787	+ 50
Maize	4529	4943	+ 9
Rice	2679	4161	+ 55
Millet	585	761	+ 30
Barley	138	134	- 3
Beans	460	3420	- 9
Lentils	14	14	+ 0

Source: CAPMAS Statistical Yearbook, 1994.

Table 2: Cultivated area of cereal grains and main pulses in Egypt (in 1000 feddan) during

the period from 1984 to 1993

Crop	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	% Change 1984-1993
Wheat (W)	1178	1186	1206	1373	1422	1533	1955	2215	2092	2129	+ 81
Maize (S)	1449	1396	1122	1353	1480	1534	1547	1676	1649	1602	+ 11
" (N)	526	518	361	458	480	470	428	392	318	312	- 41
Rice (S)	983	924	1008	981	837	982	1036	1100	1215	1282	+ 30
" (N)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	+ 0
Millet (S)	351	331	352	308	308	298	312	315	335	336	- 4
" (N)	14	9	19	9	7	8	8	9	20	12	- 14
Barley (W)	126	125	130	112	89	118	127	154	248	118	- 6
Beans (W)	307	339	307	324	363	368	345	326	425	262	- 15
Lentils (W)	18	20	21	24	19	17	14	16	15	19	+ 6

S = summer crop, W = winter crop, N = nil crop, 1 Feddan = 4200m2 = 0.42 hectare

Table 3: Average yield per feddan for cereal grain and main pulses during the period from

1984-1993

Crop	Unit	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	% Change 1984-1993
Wheat	Ardeb	10.3	10.5	10.7	13.2	13.3	13.9	14.6	13.5	14.7	15.0	+ 46
Maize	Ardeb	13.4	13.8	14.0	14.3	14.9	16.1	17.4	17.7	18.4	18.5	+ 38
Rice	Dariba	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.4	+ 42
Millet	Ardeb	11.0	11.5	11.7	12.5	13.4	13.8	14.2	14.9	15.4	16.2	+ 47
Barley	Ardeb	9.5	9.7	9.8	10.1	10.3	8.9	8.5	6.0	7.2	8.6	- 9
Beans	Ardeb	6.5	6.8	6.7	7.3	6.5	8.0	8.4	9.3	5.8	10.3	+ 58
Lentils	Ardeb	3.7	4.2	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.0	5.3	4.7	4.5	4.5	+ 22

Ardeb =150 kgs; Dariba = 950 kgs

Table 4: Production of cereal grains and main pulses in Egypt (in 1000 tons) during the

period from 1984 to 1993

Crop	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	% Change 1984-1993
Wheat	1815	1872	1928	2721	2838	3182	4266	4483	4619	4787	+ 164
Maize	3698	3699	2918	3619	4088	4529	4798	5122	5069	4943	+ 34
Rice	2236	2311	2445	2279	2132	2679	3168	3448	3910	4161	+ 86
Millet	561	547	606	551	586	585	628	675	764	761	+ 36
Barley	145	158	167	148	120	138	142	121	234	134	- 8
Beans	271	302	448	499	362	460	451	466	382	420	+ 55
Lentils	10	13	14	18	15	14	12	11	11	14	+ 40

Source: CAPMAS, Statistical Yearbooks 1988-1994

Table 5: Percent of self sufficiency of cereal grains and main pulses in Egypt during the

period from 1987 to 1993

Product	1987/88	1988/89	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93
Wheat	29.0	29.6	36.6	43.8	48.2	50.5
Maize	68.4	76.4	77.2	76.1	74.8	N.A.
Rice	105.8	103.5	105.4	103.8	106.1	106.6
Beans	109.5	97.5	97.3	98.3	48.4	69.1
Lentils	19.3	15.1	25.8	17.6	9.9	7.6

Source: CAPMAS, Statistical Yearbooks 1988-1994

Table 6: Annual share per capita of grain and main pulses (in kilograms)

Product	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93
Wheat	175	167.6	159.1	155.6
Wheat flour (imported)	17.7	8.7	21.3	20.0
Corn flour	77.2	81.3	79.7	N.A.
Rice	35.9	38.6	41.7	43
Beans	6.0	4.2	6.3	5.0
Lentils	0.7	1.2	1.7	2.9

Table 7: Imports of grains and pulses (in 1000 tons) during 1984-1993.

Year	Wheat	Corn	Lentils	Beans

1984	3860	1582	44	-

1985	4512	1866	9	-

1986	4329	2029	15	-

1987	5160	2200	31	-

1988	5100	1600	25	-

1989	5300	1100	20	10

1990	5200	1200	22	12

1991	5400	1500	28	16

1992	5100	1400	30	35

1993	5080	1800	36	55

Source: Ministry of Supply

Table 8: Farm gate price for cereal grains and main pulses during the period from 1982-

1993 (LE/ton)

Year	Rice	Wheat	Maize	Sorghum	Barley	Beans	Lentils
1982	130	82	125	127	102	240	481
1983	126	110	168	193	115	201	541
1984	131	124	173	177	136	274	585

1985	212	172	194	231	197	318	731

1986	247	225	219	258	220	408	978

1987	206	224	255	285	234	550	1000

1988	257	237	324	302	239	554	972

1989	362	436	405	384	270	574	1313

1990	367	473	427	416	325	690	1367

1991	436	498	441	443	361	875	1377

1992	451	527	431	463	494	1058	1476

1993	504	529	458	493	498	1032	1538

Source: Ministry of Agriculture