Egypt Food Security Timeline
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Egypt Food Security Timeline
Evidence: a timeline of pressures
1970 — Aswan High Dam completed. It helped control flooding and store water for irrigation, but reduced the flow of nutrient-rich silt downstream. 2008 — A global food-price crisis made imported staples, including wheat, more expensive. 2011 — Political upheaval disrupted parts of the economy and food distribution. 2020 — COVID-19 disrupted international supply chains. Today — Egypt’s population is growing, farmland around the Nile is limited, and many people rely on imported wheat. These pressures interact; no single event explains food insecurity.
- It increased food security in every way because it stored water.
- It had mixed effects: water storage supported irrigation, while less silt reached farmland downstream.
- It made Egypt independent of imported food.
- It caused the global food-price crisis.
- A. Global food-price rise
- B. Population growth
- C. Urban growth onto farmland
- D. Supply-chain disruption
- 2. Imported wheat becomes more expensive
- 4. Less land remains available for crops
- 3. More people need food
- 1. Delays or interruptions in food deliveries
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