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Egypt launches initiative to keep farmers from bailing on their land

Many of Egypt's farmers are abandoning agriculture and moving to the cities to find employment, but an initiative by the Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops is trying to encourage farmers to stay put.
A farmer harvests wheat crop on a field in the El-Menoufia governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt May 16, 2017. Picture taken May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX3839O
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The Egyptian government has launched a new initiative aimed at preventing farmers from abandoning a practice that was revered by their Pharaonic ancestors: agriculture.

The initiative, called “Do not sell your land,” was launched by the Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops (UPEHC) this year to convince farmers not to sell their plots of land and quit agriculture by providing them with adequate financial and technical support.

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