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The farmers syndicate is refusing to grow tobacco in Egypt, syndicate head Hussein Abdel Rahman says, Al Mal<\/a> reports. Abdel Rahman denied reports that tobacco manufacturers agreed with the syndicate on the cultivation and said they are refusing the cash crop because it is \u201cintoxicating to the cultivated land and to citizens.\u201d We had noted<\/a> that a study on tobacco cultivation in Egypt should be ready mid-May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The farmers syndicate is refusing to grow tobacco in Egypt, syndicate head Hussein Abdel Rahman says, Al Mal reports. Abdel Rahman denied reports that tobacco manufacturers agreed with the syndicate on the cultivation and said they are refusing the cash crop because it is \u201cintoxicating to the cultivated land and to citizens.\u201d We had noted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9309],"tags":[2416,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-647492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-materials-commodities","tag-basic-materials-commodities","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"b858a387-28ac-4b5d-b33d-9da8ccef2e01","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"258f3aca-6c05-4d33-b3c4-a84ac5c66d56","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[647464],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nFarmers syndicate refuses to cultivate tobacco in Egypt - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/11\/farmers-syndicate-refuses-to-cultivate-tobacco-in-egypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers syndicate refuses to cultivate tobacco in Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The farmers syndicate is refusing to grow tobacco in Egypt, syndicate head Hussein Abdel Rahman says, Al Mal reports. 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