Egypt urges stronger global cooperation on food security at G20 meeting – Middle East Monitor

Egypt called Monday for stronger international cooperation to bolster food security, warning that persistently high global food prices are straining public finances and hampering growth in developing countries, Anadolu reports.

“Egypt has expanded agricultural land, improved productivity, and maintained steady supplies of basic food items,” Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said at the opening of the first-ever G20 meeting in Cairo.

The Egyptian government, he…