CAIRO - Egypt has procured 3 million tonnes of local wheat during the harvest season, the supply ministry said in Sunday.

The ministry has said it aims to procure 3.6 million tonnes this season, and President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi has urged farmers to sell as much as possible to the government.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Mark Potter) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))