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Egypt to lease at least 200,000 acres of farms: government
Reuters | Wed Sep 29, 2010
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will lease at least 200,000 acres of farmland this year for agri-business projects in North Sinai, the North Coast and Upper Egypt, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday.
“We have allocated about 90,000 acres of land in North Sinai, between 50,000 and 70,000 acres in Wadi Natroon (on the North Coast), and 60,000 to 70,000 acres in Menya (Upper Egypt),” Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza told Reuters on the sidelines of a business conference in Cairo.
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