Hopes for investment in Egypt's farming sector

29 January 2012 Last updated at 00:00 ET Help

Agriculture employs nearly one in three of Egypt's workforce - but it is an industry that has long been neglected by the country's politicians.

The hope is that by investing in the farming sector, many of the issues that led to the revolution in the first place could be solved - namely poverty, unemployment and equitable economic growth.

Ola Naguib reports.

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