🇪🇬 Egypt on the breadline | Al Jazeera World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2016
- Bread is a matter of life and death in Egypt, once the provider of grain to the whole Roman Empire but now the biggest importer of wheat in the world.
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Control the food, control the population.
The primitive growing methods of the farmers shown in this video explained the situation better than all the talking heads at government offices and universities.
اللهم أنعم علينا وعن المسلمين
Ameen ❤
Remember, French absolute monarchy was fallen just because of wheat and foods prices that going up rapidly..
Basically Egypt is a very badly governed country. Seems will blow up again.
steelnerve i
what bro ?
What country on the African continent besides Tunisia is well governed?!
@@thedavid00100 that aged like milk
So not a single woman interviewed in the film?. Very odd, considering they represent one half of the population.
India has low per capita but life here is much better alhamdullillah...
They live in a desert in Egypt. Besides the Nile there is no rain. You cant compare the two countries.
It’s worse in India, there are people living in severe poverty.
Man, how can you compare Egypt with India? Most of you don't have toilet
@@mac9889 without eating there would be no need for toilet
@David McDonald You clearly haven't been to, or done business in India.
Great report. Please do more on countries at the cross-roads of this issue of self-sufficiency.
Thank you
great remark !!
beautifully filmed - thank you
If my people upon whom my name is called, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from there wicked ways, then i shall heal there lands. 2 chronicles 7: 14
Nice ... Which comic book did you pull that out of?
+Apple_Cider seek and ye shall find
sashagooch guide me father
+Apple_Cider the father you require is your heavenly father, me just a meer man, richly blessed daily.
sashagooch amen lol
Nasser was good for Egypt, People should limit the size of their families. You should only have as many children as you can afford which would mean a lot of families would only have 2 children.
yes you are right but look population doesnt matter when it comes to food and we Bangladeshi's and our neighbour India is the proof we used to starve to death until 80's now we export food which are over grown.
Rehan Ahmed yes sir u r right but Egyptians should limit their number of children.
THAT BREAD LOOKS 100 TIMES NICER THAN ANYTHING YOU WILL FIND HERE IN TESCO (IRELAND) O AND I AM SURE IT TASTES BETTER TOO
that is real bread story
+tlyung Tan hahaha
aljazeera is legend
Very informative! Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
They didn't somehow understand that if prices for raw materials like wheat goes up, everything will go up as well.. this happens in the Philippines..
That one constant tune in the background is very annoying
Sorry Qatar spent all the budget on rape slaves
James Dunn
Lmao
the reason they don't produce enough good is obvious government interventions it's always government that destroys things
These kind of situation are al-jazeera (qatar) love to share with you.
what is the name of teh music that in being played in the background during this whole documentary?
الله يفك أسرك يا دكتور مرسي يا رئيس مصر الشرعي
الله ما يرحمه 😂
3:14 , you should've translated exactly. He said 5 Egyptian Pounds, not 1/5 a dollar. You can't compare the currencies of Egypt and the USA.
اريد انزل مصر و نشوف حياة الشعب و الشارع و الاكل الشعبي و التعايش مع الناس
at 38:05, a translation error: it was necessary to write 12 billion EGP not 12 billion US $. for impartiality. thank you
I love Egypt!
Buy from india we have sufficient ,formers are dying because of not getting legitimate price due to overproduction
When Napoleon set foot on Egypt with French army, 1800AD, the total population in Egypt is 2 million, now it is close to 100 Million. The Egyptians can't just fight as a bread problem, the problem is the mentality of the people, the key is education and modern technology, the bright Egyptians should be in engineering studies, not going to military or religious school. The first step should be the total emancipation of women, forget about whatever traditions or holly books say. Industrialization. Or else even if all Egyptians becomes sub-existence farmers, it will remain forever poor and backward.
religion and military have nothing to do with this, this is an issue of government impotence with regard to the issue of providing essentials of life.
also not sure what "emancipation" of women can do to provide essential resources to the population; women are not chickens, so the whole free range thing does not apply as you cannot legally eat them. ;)
ha do you even know why are you associate engineering with there food issues ..its has nothing to do with religion or military and do you even know what is engineering or engineering studies ? in India we have more engineers than any other country but have that solved many problems we face here ? the issue with the Egypt is the tyrant ruling dictatorship dont blame it on the religion
Shafaqath Sirajuddin
Indians and Egyptians face the same threat, the threat of lost generations. Using Indians as an example, from now on, for the next 20 years, every month, 1 million additional Indians youths will reach working age, currently, only 9% are absorbed by the formal sector, 59% stay in the rural villages, as these youths are not gainfully employed, in 20 years, a 20 million lost generation is formed.for India, it is already too late, the whole country still drugged in the incredibly shining Indian fantasy. For Egyptians, if the industrialization path is started now, there is still some hope.
Now, 2017, we are finally seeing some signs that Egyptian economy is moving in the right direction, of course, I am telling this a bit early, the general public will feel like this some time later, only this Summer, Egyptians will find the heat a bit more tolerable, as the electricity availability is hugely improved,
Do you have a father in law in the electricity utility? You don't have any videos of your own posted or relayed, on your youtube page. Yet you seem to be an authority on how other's should live.... Tell me please, can you eat your keyboard? if wall mart and your other marts were shut down for 3 months(assuming you live in the states)? read what you write and first understand what you want to communicate.
English subtitles from the start?
The reliance on grain (wheat) is astounding! For a whole 10,000 years since the agricultural area begin in this part of the world. As someone who doesn't eat ay grain at all, in fact, I rely on a high fat, protein and very low carb diet (keto), this is really shocking. Grain is nothing but a filler, no health benefits at all. Look at the oral health of people, and many seem to hold extra body fat. It's a shame there's such a reliance on it for the poor but I can imagine this is for 'control' reasons. Fat (natural sources) gives you freedom. You're able to fast for a long time without being hungry and energy is tripled. It would be interesting to see how changing the staples of diets would go, although that would probably never happen.
they still farm the same way they did 1000 years ago . modernise
baits can u suggest anything how to modernise the agriculture???
look at what other counties do like Israel where water is limited .or other countries with large populations and limited land .large farms with modern machinery . I,m not an expert , but if I want to now something , I look at what others do and try to improve on it .
baits brother its about the government.people cannot do anytging without the govt support.
you said israel but israel is not suffering like egypt.if govt wants it can convert the desert into farmland.
thats wright , in the rebublic of macedonia the government gives 50% back to farmers that invest in equipment . . desalination plants that turn sea water into fresh drinking water . we have youtube now , alot of information on all topics and cheap Chinese equipment . your wright about governments .have a look at macedonia on youtube 20 years of independants just look how far they have come starting with nothing , on youtube .skopje capital city and attracted foreign investment.
baits exaclty
At the barber, the customer was thinking, "Dude, just cut my damned hair!" while the barber was too busy talking.
This is an unacceptable situation for a country like Egypt....poor people...!!!!
This is what corruption brings to Egypt....
The entire government should resign out of shame and then dignity....!!!!
President Morsi had been making efforts to stop exporting grain and become self-sufficient. There is enough grain in Egypt to feed Egyptians, but contracts to foreign countries are not leaving enough left over.
Yes, profit before people again same the world over
When it was 7 years of weath crisis..Prophet Youssuf SAW made extraordinary plan to survive for peoples.
This won't last 7 yrs but much longer if Egyptian population keeps on growing like crazy.
Not only the continuing population explosion is to blame. Egypt has about as much fertile land as my country The Netherlands which is much smaller and only 17 million people.. But all along the Nile they keep building houses on fertlile ground instead of 2 km more to the east or west on desert ground. Losing precious fertile land. In The Netherlands use of ground is all planned, in Egypt it looks like anarchy, nothing planned. In the meantime every 3 weeks there are 100.000 Egyptians born. This is a disaster in the making and its all Egypt's own fault.
Farmers should be compensated at market prices. The rest of the world has had a wheat and food commodity boom for a long time. It's really helped farmers around the world. But government subsidies and socialism ruined the industry in Egypt.
Bob Smith what is actually been done nder the policy?
Ever since they dammed the Nile and lost the vital top soil the Nile floods brought ,
Nothing changed, but at least the bread tasts good.
what's doesn't make any sense to me is there same impoverished people who need good aid to live will also have 3 wives and ten children does that make any sense to you. if you are so poor than why are you having 10 children
In order to have the children work to get money for the family
Ignorance I am an egyptian ignorance u can have 2 children that's ok but if u cant provide for them don't have them then u can complain dont have 10 children
ENGINEER WHEATBUSH OR WHEATTREE GROW IT AEROPONICLY IN THE SAHARA AND IMPORT IT TO EGYPT...JUST TO DO THAT ON THE EXISTING APPROPRIATION OF WHEAT GROWING LAND YOU WOULD USE JUST UNDER 10% AND FEED EGYPT...WITH EXPORT OR STORAGE TO SPARE...
If India and Bangladesh can grow their own food and export them eventhough the polulation is huge, why not Egypt? Perhaps they should start looking at these countries as an example!!!
thats true but egypt is 90 per cent desert
@@alizouaoui6073 people need to look at the map before making stupid comments. Nearly everyone in Egypt lives on the Nile and its water is reducing due to the many dams that keep on being built on it. This problem will get worse.
@@benedictjoseph3832 lol dude we have so much food here that it is given out for free if you have a ration card we still have to throw out so much of the grain, buildings are being made because people are moving to higher paying jobs and dont need to farm much
If God can feed the Ravens, he can feed the people.
Where is Hosne Mubarak he ruled egypt more than 25 years....? Did not do anything for egyption ?
The real problem - which is of course not mentioned here - is the population increase: Adding 12 million extra mouths to feed in the last 6 years alone is so irresponsible I have no words. Egypt is a ticking time bomb!
...too many egyptians...not enough egypt.
Correction, too many Egyptians not enough Nile. Lol
And six years later, the problem is worse than ever
how come in egypt there are autorickshaws
Now the window of opportunity is opened. Look at your neighbor Ethiopia, which started much worse than Egypt 10 years ago, now it is in rapid transformation. Check out Addis Ababa. Your development partners, the US, EU, China, India and Japan are competing to be your partners. With the spirit of self reliance, you can do it.
it can not happen, not in a nation where tyrants prevail everytime.
Fascinating documentary. Bread is the staff of life, in Egypt and most other places. I feel badly for the poor people of Egypt. And once again the meddling hand of govt screws things up. Egypt and all countries should have food self sufficiency as their primary concern.
Poor families but minimum 5 babies. Thats problem across whole Africa, arab countries, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc. Economical growth can bring good life when people have 2-3 babies and no more, When you breeding like rabbits all fruits of growing economy are watered by extra millions people who cant find job.
All those countries should adopt a 1-child per family policy! Just like China did before, which is now flourishing.
The people working very hard but very
Organise
Any governments in capable of feeding it's own people deserved to be replaced peacefully or violently if need be. Corruption and incompetence of the Egyptian government leaves me speechless and feel bad for Egyptians, ones I've met are decent people.
If they hadn't built the Aswan Dam then the inundation would still be bringing silt to fertilize the fields and Egypt would be able to feed itself naturally. As it is, the country needs artificial fertilizer to grow wheat and it is more expensive and not as effective. Pull the dam down and re-instate the natural annual inundation and you would have a wealthy country again.
How do you know the effect of the dam in Egypt
"Virgil was here"
but is it gluten free?
Gluten free
No one mention population explosion.
so sad. there are ancient ways to increase your crops but it seems that the government doesn't care for the farmers that feed there own people
Things arent better now in Egypt and they still rely wheat import from Ukraine and Russia, you can imagine more people will go hungry soon when supply dwindle.
Government should invest in new technologies for agriculture and not to buy wheat from abroad.
...............sorry Im Asian so its all about rice with us.
The farming seems very primitive where is the machinery.
Iam the bread of life.
Jesus.
Egyptian should not have this problem. I mean they built pyramids and all that great structures.
The problem started when the government prioritized wheat importation over wheat production. They auctioned out their food security.
Johnny Depp
that was in the time of the Pharaohs.
no the black man did
Lord willing using the congo River will have more space to plant
i sweary ALLAH swt. israhell is taking all the bread .
These mix breed are not the original people
They are human beings trying to survive. Why such a derogatory statement
control ur population....
:(
The problem with pro socialism economists is they refuse to see the full economic picture, unfortunately with limited knowledge & understanding of how free markets & macroeconomics work.
Who always try to solve scarcity problems with microeconomic policies & planning leading to failures.
Wheat like oil and every other commodity is traded globally, making it impossible for any country or company to control & dictate prices.
Problem:
e.g. inflation & population growth
Egypt’s population was 30 million and Oil prices were less than $20 a barrel making subsidies at the time a fraction of government’s budgets. Today Egypt’s population exceeded 100 million , and oil prices over $75
Making it impossible for any government to maintain and continue to subsidize wheat, fuel or any other commodity.
Result; A quadruple whammy cost and burned on the government & economy.
The solution:
1- gradually lift subsidies while increasing wages to offset inflation
2- replace the military US 🇺🇸 AID received annually worth $billions with wheat, and other necessary commodities
3- start a local agriculture & farming production program & plan to exceed market needs & demand
3- Provide foreign & local investors tax free incentives along with free land for agricultural use
4- Encourage the consumption & production of cheap alternative foods like rice, etc
5- eliminate or Reduce tariffs to a minimal on all food imports.
poorly or half baked bread!!!!...
I kept watching till the muslim brotherhood propaganda started.
كذابوالدليل انظرا الى الكرسي الذي عليه..انا عراقي غني رت مصر تعم هنالك فققر ولكن يعتقد المصري ن ان الفقر مستمر منذ زمن زمن العثناتنيين الى اليوم.. مصر تحتاج شعب بللا حششيشه
al badri نحتاج شعب بلا اسلام هنيك دينكم ورسولكم وفكركم
i like my mom more than my gf oh she is my gf
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and in Germany people become more and more fat from eating cheap mass meat. times are going worther
make the bread at home.dont buy spend money to pay bread
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LoL.Islamic fanaticism has done this to Egypt.
egyptians should control their population or risk losing fast.Egypt as a nation cant and wont threaten the theo ther 5 countries dictating on how to use their waters.already lake victoria from kenyan side has receded 4 metres just because of destruction of river banks and sreams by subsistence farmeers upstream...wht if we begun by diverting these streams to our small gardens in every village because as you know the rains are no longer predictable and yet we need maize?kenya is a man eat man society with a capitalist behaviour meaning you own land as a citizen and its upto you to get food from it or perish!!!.already small scale solar panels powered pumps are being sold on cheaper credits by safaricom to farmers on kenyan highlands which will markedly reduce water flow to lake victoria hence to egypt.What will you as egyptians do to survive ?Reform or wait to perish!!
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LOL Socialism.
Doesn't apply.