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Farmers harvest wheat on a field in the El-Menoufia governorate, about 9.94 km (58 miles) north of Cairo in this April 23, 2013 file photo. Egypt's decision to slash wheat subsidies, which has infuriated farmers, threatens to cut future harvests and force the country to burn scarce dollars on more imports during a foreign currency crisis, traders and experts say. Earlier this month Egypt said it would no longer pay a fixed, and highly subsidized, price to procure local wheat in what traders and agricultural experts say is a drive to end corruption involving wheat purchases from farmers being mixed with imports. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
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