Feature: Egyptian cotton farmers celebrate start of harvest season amid new gov't incentives

MENOUFIA, Egypt, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As the sun rose over the lush cotton fields in Menoufia Governorate, just north of Cairo, Hossam Saeed's weathered face was lit up with the joy that only a bountiful harvest could bring.

Alongside fellow farmers, he descended into the cotton fields, prepared to gather the fluffy white crop that has long underpinned Egypt's agricultural economy.

"Every day for months, we