The Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ministry announced that the lands cultivated with wheat reached 3.255 million feddans.

In a statement, the ministry added that there are some other areas in number of governorates which are still being counted.

Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Essam Fayed reiterated that the ministry seeks cultivating strategic crops, solving the obstacles facing farmers and providing seeds as well as needed fertilizers to develop agriculture in Egypt.