Food and its Problems in Egypt
There are many pictures that surprised me except few ones like the one about Egyptian family! The pictures that surprised me the most were about families from Chad, United States, Ecuador, Bhutan and Germany. The picture about Chad surprised because of the few amount of food in the picture and the huge difference between the food expenditure of one week between this family ($1.23) and all other families from different countries. The photos of the American families surprised me because they are different from each other in terms of different food types and expenditure although they are in the same country. The picture of the family from Ecuador surprised because their food recipe is Potato soup with cabbage and all their food is mainly vegetables in the picture so how do they survive without food that contains proteins like meat. The picture of the family from Bhutan surprised me way more than the picture of the family of Ecuador as the family from Bhutan also rely mainly of vegetables but they are more in number and their food expenditure in one week is even less than the family of Ecuador by $26.52. I was surprised also by the picture of the family from Germany because of the big amount of food in front of them and there is only one man in the family.
Food crisis has been a controversial topic in Egypt. Food problems especially bread is so obvious now despite of the government’s efforts to reduce them. Egypt’s government subsidized the bread, but on the other hand raised prices of other things and limited exports. Maybe the task of limiting exports was a good move as it will make supply of goods in Egypt higher trying to meet the unlimited needs and help in lowering prices. However, by this the government had also limited its revenue that is made from exports that may help in increasing the money held by the government that may be used in further trials to aid the food crisis. Moreover, raising prices was definitely not a wise move by the government. Prices had increased but salaries had not yet increased in a proportion that would help people meet their necessities. In Egypt, almost 40 percent of the population are living near the poverty line gaining almost 10 L.E a day (0.91$), jobs are scarce and wages are low. So how can people live with these low incomes and higher prices, they will not even have enough money to buy food for them and their families.
A suitable solution for the Egyptian bread problem lies in the governmental subsidizes. If these subsidizes are stopped and the large amounts of money are directed to increasing the salaries of the governmental employees. Since they represent most of the people living under the poverty line, the increase will improve the standard of living of a large percentage of that sector. Also when the salaries are increased, these people will not be forced to buy the country bread in big quantities because it the cheapest food they can afford and the problem of the shortage of bread supply will be reduced. As a result the whole national economy will grow due to the increase in demand and supply of goods.
Done by: Mostafa Shash, Mohamed Hegazy, Mostafa el Shayeb, Aly Youssef.
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"A suitable solution for the Egyptian bread problem lies in the governmental subsidizes. If these subsidizes are stopped and the large amounts of money are directed to increasing the salaries of the governmental employees. Since they represent most of the people living under the poverty line, the increase will improve the standard of living of a large percentage of that sector. Also when the salaries are increased, these people will not be forced to buy the country bread in big quantities because it the cheapest food they can afford and the problem of the shortage of bread supply will be reduced. As a result the whole national economy will grow due to the increase in demand and supply of goods."
I completely agree with you .Your solution is definitely going to help .It may not be a quick procedure but it sure will make a difference .The surveys you did about the different foods of different countries was very informative .Demand an supple of goods needs to be monitored and it could make things a lot better .
Posted by: Annuity Calculator | November 17, 2009 09:55 PM
Thank you for the information .i completely agree to the post above .The government has to do something about it only then will it make a difference .
Posted by: Income Protection Australia | November 19, 2009 09:07 PM