Palmyra-Sana
After a hiatus of about seven years as a result of the terrorist attacks, farmers in the western Al-Biyarat area in Palmyra countryside returned to harvesting the wheat crop on their lands, while providing all the requirements and facilities required to receive certificates of origin from the Homs Agriculture Directorate in coordination with the Peasants and Syrian Union for Grains.
The head of the Palmyra Agriculture Department, Ahmed Youssef, said in a statement to SANA reporter that the area planted with wheat in the Western Al-Bayarat area amounted to 26,000 dunams, of which about 5,000 dunums have been harvested so far.
The head of the Palmyra Agricultural Association, Ahmed Negm, said in a similar statement that the necessary facilities were provided to farmers by securing fuel for harvesters and mechanisms for transporting wheat to the governorate center, in addition to providing all the requirements for the production process of seeds and required fertilizer, pointing to the role of the Syrian Arab Army in cleaning farms from mines that The terrorists left it before they were driven out of the region.
Farmer Khaled Al-Abbas works on harvesting wheat on his land, which has an area of about 600 dunams, pointing out that the fertilizer and fuel provided to farmers contributed to reducing production costs due to the high prices on the black market, pointing out that the process of wheat harvesting and marketing continues at a high rate.
Adnan Khatib