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February 1, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL3111115220080131

Gaza's Greenhouses Become Hot Property in Egypt

[Reuters] Will Rasmussen - Gazans are busy dismantling greenhouses to sell in Egypt. Palestinians with years of experience working in Israeli greenhouses carted metal bars and poles, and translucent plastic sheeting, to sell the Israeli-style greenhouses to Egyptians after the border opened last week. Such equipment was unavailable in Egypt. Egyptian farmers snapped up the greenhouses, eager for sturdier structures and Gazan expertise. Egyptian Mahmoud Dohair, 22, said he had bought 11 greenhouses in the past week in Egyptian Rafah to bring back to his uncle's farm in the Suez Canal town of Ismailia. "We don't have greenhouses like this here....These are cheaper and stronger than ours," he said. The influx of tens of thousands of Palestinians has boosted the economies of impoverished towns in Egypt's Sinai peninsula in the past week.

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