Egypt, along with various developed and developing countries, needs to secure food supplies from strategic grains such as wheat, maize (corn), rice, and soybeans [1, 2]. Consequently, it imports these insufficient crops from global trade markets based on the commodity price lists [3, 4]. In 2021, Egypt's import bill for wheat, maize, and soybeans reached $8 billion USD [5]. The instability of food supply chains in global trade markets, often due to high crop prices or various circumstances, poses significant challenges [6, 7]. *Author for correspondence It obstructed economic development to achieve targets and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for developing countries [7, 8]. The food security is defined as, people are able to access food that meets their nutrition needs, and preferences at any time to live a healthy life without any economic pressures and food crisis threats [912]. In 2022, 2.4 billion people around the world failed to meet their annual food needs, and 258 million people suffered from high levels of acute food insecurity situation (AFIS) according to integrated food security phases classification (IPC) [2, 1012]. Where there another critical phases that named chronic food insecurity situation (CFIS), and acute malnutrition situation (AMS) [1012]. In 2023 there are 25.
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