Homs-Sana
Engineer Al-Rifai, Director of Homs Agriculture, indicated to SANA Economic Bulletin that the harvested area of irrigated wheat amounted to 4,153 hectares, and rainfed wheat reached 12,091 hectares, while the area harvested from lands cultivated with barley reached 9,590 hectares, of which 9304 were cultivated areas.
For his part, Eng. Nidal Koja, director of the Syrian Grain Corporation in Homs, said in a similar statement that farmers’ production of Dukma and Mashul wheat is received through four centers, which are the silos of Homs, Tal Kalakh, Shanshar, and Suway’a al-Mushrifa. On the other hand, payment of purchase values without delay, on the other hand, this season was distinguished by the arrival of quantities of wheat from the liberated areas such as Palmyra.
Mowaffaq Zakaria, assistant head of the Peasants’ Union in Homs, indicated to the start of receiving wheat from farmers after the formation of several receiving committees in four centers, and the purchase prices are good, with the need to raise them to balance with the increase in production costs and the state of the crop. Combine harvesters, transport and freight mechanisms.
In turn, a number of farmers praised the simplified procedures and the great facilities provided to them when handing over their crops to the Syrian grain centers.
Wheat and barley are grown in the areas of the eastern center - the western center - Taldo - Tell Kalakh - Rastan - Qusair - Mukhram - Palmyra - al-Qaryatayn.
Saba Khairbek
SANA Economic Bulletin