Damascus-Sana
The People's Assembly discussed today at its 15th session of the 11th ordinary session of the second legislative role, under the chairmanship of Hamouda Sabbagh, Speaker of the Assembly the work and performance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.
A number of council members called for the expansion of afforestation, especially in the areas affected by fires, and that this year's Tree Day should be an occasion to distribute the strategic planter for free, take decisive measures and measures to curb the high prices of agricultural inputs, provide more support to farmers and secure additional markets to discharge their products. Forestry Law to preserve forests and secure water reservoirs in mountains and forests to help extinguish fires and strictly punish aggressors on agricultural land and stop urban sprawl.
A number of members pointed to the need to expand biological control, support beekeepers, re-grant loans to buy sheep, help farmers in Hasakah stolen crops, provide veterinary vaccines for livestock, raise the standard of living for rural families and lay the foundations for equitable distribution of subsidies.
A number of members called for expediting the preparation of the modern irrigation law, opening a seeding center in Deir Ezzor, solving the problem of licensed wells in Sinjar and Abu Dhour, due to the urgent need for drinking and agriculture, increasing control over agricultural medicines and pesticides in pharmacies, providing fuel to farmers at the required time and at the subsidized price. Palm in the appropriate areas and the expansion of the cultivation of mulberry tree and attention to silkworm.
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Ahmad Al-Qadri gave a presentation on the work and performance of the ministry and the measures implemented during the last period that contributed to the “restoration of the agricultural sector”, pointing out that the contribution of agricultural production to the national income increased from 17 percent to 39 percent and 60 percent of the total. Exports are agricultural products.
Al-Qadri pointed out that for the livestock sector, cattle installations were rehabilitated from a video facility in Lattakia and a fodder factory and another dairy plant were passed through the Jeb Ramla facility in the western countryside of Hama. The Ministry has a plan to rehabilitate the establishments affiliated to the cows establishment in Deir Ezzor and Daraa and to establish a modern facility for cows in Kenitra. And the cows to return to work early next work.
Al-Qadri pointed out to work on the rehabilitation of poultry facilities in the governorates and increase their production capacity in Tartous and Sidnaya, as well as in Homs and Hama, noting that it was approved to rehabilitate and increase the production capacity of the facility endosperm by allocating one and a half billion during the 2020 plan in addition to the establishment of another facility in the province And the establishment of a poultry complex in Aleppo.
In the field of fisheries, the Minister of Agriculture pointed out that the cultivation of water bodies with fingerlings and encourage home breeding for breeders, where it was approved to cultivate 100 thousand fingerlings for free farmers in four governorates, noting that with regard to fodder Adra facility in Damascus countryside has been put into service and is currently rehabilitating Hama facility in order to Securing the needs of livestock and achieving price balance in the markets, in addition to working within a program to introduce new forage crops of smooth cactus and alfalfa.
Al-Qadri explained that the Agricultural Production Support Fund will give peasants who cultivate forage crops an amount of forty thousand pounds for each farmer in order to replace import substitutes and announce the establishment of a dryer in Deir Hafer in Aleppo countryside to encourage farmers to grow maize.
He pointed out that the ministry has increased the production capacity of agricultural nurseries to restore large areas of fruit trees that have been cut by terrorists, where the production capacity reached 7.2 million plantings for the current year, while the forest plantation is six million plantations. .
Al-Qadri pointed out that one of the most important projects of the ministry is the establishment of centers for the production of vital enemies to replace import substitutes and reduce the use of agricultural pesticides. Cotton.
The Minister of Agriculture pointed out that scientific matrices and executive programs are being developed for the development of all crops, especially olives, cotton and wheat, in addition to the establishment of a modern center for screening in Aleppo, which will be put to investment within a month. The national potato breeding program will be set up in Tartous, Aleppo and net houses. In more than one governorate, it is one of the most important programs that Al-Seed Foundation works on, where the entire need of the plan is secured from potatoes in 2023 by providing about 12 billion pounds annually.
In the field of rural development, the Minister of Agriculture explained that work is being done to facilitate the return of farmers after the liberation of the Syrian Arab Army to 855 thousand hectares of agricultural land with the return of 273 thousand families to their villages and exercise their agricultural activities, noting that the Ministry has developed an integrated program for the development of family farming for the neglected and annexed areas A government grant where 49 thousand grants to farmers from rural families for domestic agriculture at a cost of about three billion Syrian pounds distributed free of charge. Aa rural women's products in a number of provinces.
In response to the members' questions, the Minister of Agriculture pointed to the existence of criteria that must be achieved by the farmer to benefit from the Fund to mitigate the effects of drought and natural disasters, noting that during the past year was the amount of 3.8 billion pounds as compensation benefited 63 thousand farmers and this year was spent 623 million pounds And the extent of damage to farmers as a result of attacks
For the terrorist between the Minister of Agriculture that it was initially identified and through direct damage, pointing out that there is currently no possibility of compensation, but the damage is documented through the organization of police control and provide the directorates of agriculture.
As for the prices of the planter, Al-Qadri explained that the planter is sold to the peasants at less than the cost of production. The price of the most expensive types of planter is 250 liras per plant. Distribution go-ahead in periods of agribusiness.
Regarding the recent fires in the governorates of Homs, Tartous and Lattakia, Al-Qadri pointed out that some of them were caused by the burning of herbs by the farmers and the remnants of pruning the trees, often out of control. Areas where there are pine trees, pointing out that fires caused two martyrs during the firefighting operations that amounted to within three days 11 forest fires and 30 agricultural fires in Lattakia governorate and in Tartous 18 forest fires and 29 agricultural fires, while in Homs there were 5 fires and Hakiq is still underway to find out the real reasons behind these fires.
Al-Qadri pointed out that the new forestry law, which was passed last year, is one of the strict laws to punish the cause of fire and firewood and is referred to the judiciary, pointing to the need to spread awareness through the media and all concerned parties of the importance of the forest as a national wealth and preservation.
The minister added that all the sites that were exposed to fires are the priorities of the ministry for reforestation, but the spaces are large and need more than a year to plant them Welcome the participation of grass-roots organizations, local community and public bodies in the afforestation campaigns that will be launched by the ministry in the period from 1-11-2019 to 30 -3-2020.
Al-Qadri pointed out that the ministry is moving towards encouraging biological control to reduce pesticide imports and is seeking to transfer the latest technologies in the world to serve the peasants, pointing out that the ministry focuses on festivals with a developmental dimension such as the festival of rural women products as a complement to the family farming program of household food processing And we work with other parties for good marketing to reflect positively on the peasants.
With regard to securing livestock vaccines, Al-Qadri said that they are available in all governorates and there is self-sufficiency, where seventy percent of them are secured in the laboratories of the ministry, while the rest of the vaccines are imported and distributed free of charge to farmers, pointing out that the ministry seeks to establish a partnership with a friendly country to establish a production center Foot - and - mouth vaccine.
The Minister of Agriculture pointed out that with regard to the modern irrigation law has been allocated 2 billion pounds to start lending and any peasant can take a loan with encouraging benefits, pointing to the ministry's interest in supporting beekeepers through the distribution of grants in the form of beehives and the end of next week will organize the first festival of honey in Syria.
Minister Al-Qadri said that wheat seed and production requirements will be secured in Al-Hasakah governorate, in addition to vaccines, and grants distributed through the ministry are done in a balanced way to the eligible families, pointing out that work is underway to rehabilitate the agricultural associations in Deir Ezzor. Mulberry trees were planted in Masyaf, Tartous and Lattakia to support silkworm breeders.
The meeting, which was attended by Minister of State for People's Assembly Affairs Abdullah Abdullah, was raised to 12:00 on Sunday 27th of this month.
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