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The Agriculture Ministry reduced its planned cotton cultivation area for 2019 by 40.5% y-o-y to 200k feddans, down from 336k feddans last year, according to the local press.<\/a> According to Minister Ezzedin Abu Steit, the reduction comes as Egypt has yet to clear last year\u2019s supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Agriculture Ministry reduced its planned cotton cultivation area for 2019 by 40.5% y-o-y to 200k feddans, down from 336k feddans last year, according to the local press. 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