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Abdel Tawab Barakat

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Abdel Tawab Barakat is an Egyptian academic and writer with a PhD in agricultural sciences. He is an assistant professor at the Agricultural Research Center in Cairo, specializing in agricultural development research, food security policy, social justice, and rural poverty alleviation. He has also served as an advisor to Egypt’s Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.

Despite bread’s central place in Arab societies, the region lags in wheat production, and its heavy reliance on imports has impoverished local farmers.

11 February, 2026