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Egypt\u2019s cotton production is being neglected<\/strong> despite long-staple cotton being a highly valued commodity on an international level, Karim Abdel Salam writes in a column penned for Youm7<\/a>. Abdel Salam takes note of the Welspun India scandal<\/a>, which he says shows that international companies understand how valuable Egyptian cotton is, and wonders why the national mega projects being touted by the government don\u2019t include plans to address Egypt\u2019s agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt\u2019s cotton production is being neglected despite long-staple cotton being a highly valued commodity on an international level, Karim Abdel Salam writes in a column penned for Youm7. Abdel Salam takes note of the Welspun India scandal, which he says shows that international companies understand how valuable Egyptian cotton is, and wonders why the national […]<\/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":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-651616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"48a39af9-58e6-4c27-9e2c-7bbe1e7c6dfa","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[651589],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt\u2019s cotton production is being neglected - 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\/02\/16\/egypts-cotton-production-is-being-neglected\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt\u2019s cotton production is being neglected\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egypt\u2019s cotton production is being neglected despite long-staple cotton being a highly valued commodity on an international level, Karim Abdel Salam writes in a column penned for Youm7. 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