{"id":627315,"date":"2018-07-29T04:12:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T04:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/29\/rice-imports-are-bad-for-local-growers-not-an-effective-tool-for-market-regulation-farmers-say\/"},"modified":"2018-07-29T04:12:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T04:12:33","slug":"rice-imports-are-bad-for-local-growers-not-an-effective-tool-for-market-regulation-farmers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/29\/rice-imports-are-bad-for-local-growers-not-an-effective-tool-for-market-regulation-farmers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice imports are bad for local growers, not an effective tool for market regulation, farmers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s decision to start importing rice is bad for local growers and is not the right tool to use to regulate market prices, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackseagrain.net\/novosti\/egypt-gives-green-light-to-rice-imports-amid-water-shortages\">farmers tell UKRAgroConsult<\/a><\/u>. \u201cThose greedy traders will monopolize the imported rice as they are doing with the local one,\u201d one farmer said, suggesting that stronger oversight of the market is the way to go. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had <u><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/07\/09\/press-freedoms-are-once-again-at-the-forefront-of-the-airwaves-last-night\/\">approved earlier this month<\/a><\/u> a government decision <u><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/06\/06\/government-decides-to-import-rice-suggesting-further-cuts-in-local-cultivation-are-coming\/\">allowing rice imports<\/a><\/u> in a bid to reduce prices, which rose after new legislative amendments <u><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/04\/23\/govt-gets-sharper-teeth-against-unsustainable-agriculture-practices\/\">restricted the cultivation<\/a><\/u> of water-intensive crops. The Supply Ministry had said it would <u><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/07\/18\/supply-ministry-to-announce-cap-on-rice-imports\/\">set a cap<\/a><\/u> on the amount of rice Egypt will import. 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