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Agriculture vital in Egypt
Editor notes from George B. Delaplaine on Egypt’s farmer life and reforms. He describes rural reliance on small plots, traditional power sources, and low capital for modernization while detailing Ford Foundation programs in wheat improvement, irrigation, and agricultural labor needs. The piece also covers bread and rice pricing, Aswan Dam effects, education, population growth, and social controls.
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Egypt
Nile Valley
Gordon McLean
Ford Foundation
Sudan
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Aswan High
Nile
Aswan High Dam