The Ismail government is mulling whether to stop importing wheat during the next domestic wheat harvest, said Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed in a statement picked up by Al Shorouk. The rationale is that this would somehow prevent the commingling of homegrown wheat and the imported stuff. Fayed’s remarks came at a meeting between the ministries of agriculture and supply to coordinate policy on next year’s wheat collection season and avoid the pitfalls of this year’s season, which culminated in the resignation of former Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy. Fayed said that he ordered the formation of a committee to draw up new guidelines for collection. The ministry is also promising to increase the price of wheat it collects from farmers, said Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Hamed Abdel Dayem, the newspaper reports.