Can coffee be grown in Egypt?

Ayah Aman

Oct 17, 2022

A worker prepares an order at a cafe after authorities relaxed the coronavirus lockdown measures, Cairo, Egypt, June 27, 2020. — Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — Following multiple experiments since the 1980s to localize coffee cultivation, it has been shown that coffee crops can grow in Egyptian lands.

Adel Abu al-Saud, head of the Horticultural Research Institute, which is affiliated with Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture, said in a TV interview Oct. 2 that the experiments carried out by his center have proven that coffee beans can be grown in the country's climate.