Because Egypt is mostly desert it's hard to grow crops. About only 3.5% of the country's area can be used to produce anything of agricultural value.
- Urban production of crops and livestock, including poultry
- Very limited area of arable land
- Wheat is the most important staple food
- At times, it has received more food aid than India
- 16% of Cairo’s households keep animals, predominantly chickens, geese, pigeons and ducks. Of the production, 95% is for home consumption, suggesting that poultry is the main product in subsistence farming in Cairo.
ResourcesEgypt relies a lot on the Nile River. They depend on it for agriculture and trade ("Egypt is the gift of the Nile").
Nile river land surroundings were divided into 2 sections: West Side and The East Side. West Side of the River is where the majority of the tombs were built(the dryer part). East Side is where has birth and life because of the sun rose, and as for the west side is where the sun’s set which associates with death.
+Cool Random Fact: The Nile River is also the longest river in the world.*
Nile river land surroundings were divided into 2 sections: West Side and The East Side. West Side of the River is where the majority of the tombs were built(the dryer part). East Side is where has birth and life because of the sun rose, and as for the west side is where the sun’s set which associates with death.
+Cool Random Fact: The Nile River is also the longest river in the world.*