In late May in Nubaria, an agricultural area reclaimed from the desert in northern Egypt, farmers and officials watch as a combine harvester roars across a wheat field swallowing up the tightly packed golden stalks, then belching out a stream of fat grains.
A “model field,” this has been used by the ministry of agriculture to showcase modern techniques aimed at maximising yields and reducing water use.
“I am expecting a good crop of 3.75 tonnes of wheat from each feddan [slightly larger than an acre],” said Mohamed Abdallah, the farmer who owns the land. The traditional irrigation style produced as much as a third less grain, he said.
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