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The recent frost wave in Homs Governorate resulted in minor damages to protected crops, according to preliminary estimates of the Governorate's Agriculture Directorate.
In a statement to SANA correspondent, the head of the plant wealth department in the Homs Agricultural Directorate confirmed that the recent wave of frosts that occurred in the governorate did not cause damage to fruit trees, and the damage was limited to protected crops in a small percentage.
And Hamdan said that the Directorate, through coordination with the extension units, alerted farmers to the need to follow the appropriate instructions to prevent damage to protected crops within greenhouses, such as irrigation with limited mist on the surface of greenhouses and the use of heating media, pointing out that the Electricity Directorate has taken the necessary measures to ensure the continuity of electrical feeding at night in agricultural areas .
For his part, the President of the Peasants Union in Homs, Yahya Al-Saqqa, indicated that the damage was limited to the villages of the Tal Kalakh area in the greenhouses, indicating that the percentage of the damage was not determined accurately, indicating that with improved weather conditions, there will be specialized committees to follow up the size of the damage and the places of its concentration, indicating that apple trees Withstand low temperatures and not damaged.
In turn, Amin Al-Hamwi, head of the Fund for Mitigation of Drought and Natural Disasters in the governorate, stressed that financial compensation will be provided to eligible peasants who meet the legal compensation terms, stating that after a week, specialized committees will examine the damage caused to take appropriate measures.
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