International Wheat Politics

Egyptian Chemistry: Land Reforms

Egyptian Chemistry: Land Reforms
Ursula Biemann

Inscribed in the Egyptian agro-ecologies are countless histories – those of modernization, continuous land reforms, artificial fertilization, insect migration, peasant activism. These historiographies have a decentralizing impact. They resist the neoliberal agro-management model, which has continuously eroded the rights of the peasants. 

International Wheat Politics

Egypt used to be the world wheat basket. Under the pressure of the World Bank and IMF, Egypt has turned to produce export crops on industrial farms.

International Wheat Politics
Artist/Author: Ursula Biemann

Egypt used to be the world wheat basket. Under the pressure of the World Bank and IMF, Egypt has turned to produce export crops on industrial farms.