Damascus-Sana
The annual grain conference held today, headed by Prime Minister Hussein Arnous, recommended that all efforts be made to secure production, storage, laboratory and technical equipment requirements to ensure the supply of the entire wheat production for the 2021 season to the Syrian grain centers and to secure the necessary financing to receive the season and to allow the temporary admission and return of harvesters and tractors and to address the obstacles that Facing the marketing process.
The conference decided to open wheat crop purchase centers, which numbered 46 centers in various governorates, from May 20 until the end of this year, and support the governorates with temporary centers in line with the expected production, secure the fuel needed for harvesters and transport mechanisms, facilitate their passage, and complete the rehabilitation of two additional mineral silos in my governorate. Al-Raqqa and Aleppo before the start of the season.
The conference set the upper limit for the total number of offenses and impurities allowed at 16 percent and decided to open ten screening centers at the level of Syria to sift and fill the received quantities that exceed the percentage of impurities in which the percentages specified for purchase, provided that the crop is marketed according to certificates of origin issued by the agricultural departments in the governorates.
The conference agreed to disburse transportation fees to farmers and suppliers who import their wheat from outside the administrative area of the center supplied to it within the same governorate according to the approved prices, according to the certificate of origin granted and stressed the need to secure electricity for grain centers operating to receive wheat and stressed the importance of cooperation between all parties to implement the early warning plan For fires to protect winter crops from them.
Eng. Arnous stressed on providing full support for receiving the wheat crop from farmers after all necessary measures have been taken to ensure the implementation of the agricultural plan for the current season and the provision of the production requirements of fertilizers and fuels as possible and focus on increasing the irrigated area, supporting agricultural projects and providing the necessary incentives for them, stressing that The government's endeavor to secure strategic stocks that achieve food security and continue to support farmers, stand by them and provide them with the necessary facilities to expand their agricultural activities.
The preparations and preparations for receiving the wheat crop were also reviewed during the conference, as the official standards decisions and delivery terms for wheat for the 2021 season were prepared and prepared, and one million new jute bags were secured for the General Organization for Seed Multiplication, in addition to more than 9.306 million existing jute bags and the 5 concrete silos and the 7 metal silos were equipped. To accommodate seasonal wheat and equip warehouses available at the Syrian Grain Corporation.
