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epa09991079 Workers unload wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, 25 May 2022 (issued 02 June 2022). Egypt, the largest importer of wheat in the world, has been forced by the war in Ukraine to radically change its strategy and now relies on the local harvest of the cereal as a way to reduce its external dependence for the coming years on this vital product in the most populated Arab country. Egypt has 44 silos with a total capacity of 3.1 million tons, spread in all the governorates. The Egyptian Holding Company For Silos And Storage was established in 2005 and until 2013 it managed to build 11 silos while from 2013 to 2022 the governmental company constructed another 33 silos. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI