The Agriculture Ministry issued a ban on transporting cotton across governorates in a bid to preserve the purity of cotton strains, Minister Abdel Moneim El Banna said, according to Ahram Gate. A list of certified cotton types in every scutcher will be issued to prevent inter-textile relations. The Ministry targets doubling the area cultivated with cotton to 500k feddans next season, up from 220k currently.

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