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The Edfu and Kom Ombo sugar plants will restart production today after the cabinet approved<\/a> increasing the price paid for sugarcane inputs to EGP 620 per tonne from EGP 450, Al Shorouk<\/a> reported. The two factories had put operations on hold for seven days as farmers refused to deliver sugarcane, calling for increasing prices. The increase in fuel prices raised the cost of production for farmers, the paper adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Edfu and Kom Ombo sugar plants will restart production today after the cabinet approved increasing the price paid for sugarcane inputs to EGP 620 per tonne from EGP 450, Al Shorouk reported. The two factories had put operations on hold for seven days as farmers refused to deliver sugarcane, calling for increasing prices. 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