Policies for the Future of Farming and Food in Egypt is part of a series of country studies that apply the OECD Agro-Food Productivity-Sustainability-Resilience (PSR) Policy Framework, an evidence-based approach to assess if the policy environment is conducive to achieving sustainable agricultural productivity growth and increased resilience. To date, the PSR framework has been applied to reviews of Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Croatia, Estonia, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, and the United States.
This review examines the policy context and the main trends in Egypt’s agricultural sector. It applies the OECD’s Producer Support Estimate (PSE) methodology to Egypt for the first time, helping to shed light on the distribution of support across different commodities and the range of policies and programmes implemented by various government ministries and agencies. It also presents evidence and policy recommendations to address key challenges relevant to the Egyptian context, including food security and natural resource management, with a particular focus on water management. The review seeks to facilitate a regular engagement of Egypt on agricultural policy issues, including through the monitoring of agricultural policy developments.