Counter-Revolution In Egypts Countryside: Land And Farmers In The Era Of Economic Reform; Editor: Bush, Ray; Hardback; Book

Editor: Bush, Ray
Hardback; Book; Maps, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
256 pages
Published: February 2002
Zed Books
ISBN: 184277056X

Agriculture is the center of Egypt's economy, society, and politics. This volume on Egyptian agriculture and rural society combines new local research with national rural policy analysis. Authored by a team of Egyptian and Western scholars, it examines the agribusiness strategy of the Egyptian Government and its goal of agricultural export-led growth, debates, policies, and conflicts over access to water, and the long history of conflict in Egypt's agricultural sector.This volume on Egyptian agriculture and rural society combines local research with national rural policy analysis and examines topics including: agribusiness strategy; access to water; the history of conflict in Egypt's agricultural sector; and tenancy relations and the 1992 tenancy law.