CAIRO — Farmer Saeed Saber's financial prospects had been worrisome in the past. However, a few months ago, his neighbor advised him to scrap rice and grow sunflowers instead in his 10-acre farm in the central province of Fayoum, 116 kilometers (72 miles) southwest of the capital Cairo.
Almost 2½ months after sowing the first sunflower seeds, Saber's economic fortunes are changing rapidly.
