#farmers syndicate
Egypt's Farmers Syndicate has won a dispute with the government and the agro-business sector over the price of sugarcane, with a tentative agreement reached to raise the current price of EGP 620 to EGP 700 per tonne. Following negotiations between government officials, members of parliament and representatives of Egypt's farmers, Supply Minister Ali Mosilhy informed the Farmers Syndicate that the government agreed to raise the sugarcane price purchased by sugar producers from local farmers, state-run Ahram Arabic reports. However, parliament's Agricultural…
