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The start of marketing the tobacco crop from farmers in Tartous

2021-08-30T15:59:06.445Z


Tartous, SANA- The marketing operations of the tobacco crop from farmers in the governorate began today in Tartous center, in the center of S.


Tartous-Sana

Today, in Tartous, the marketing of the tobacco crop from farmers in the governorate began in the Sardin district of Baniyas.

Head of the Coastal Tobacco Branch, Namir Muhanna, told SANA reporter that with the aim of encouraging this cultivation, the General Tobacco Corporation raised the price of a kilogram of tobacco during the past year and the current year by about 105 percent, as it was raised last year by 60 percent and this year by 45 percent, pointing out that it is expected to receive about 800 thousand kilograms of tobacco this year.

For his part, the Director of Agriculture and Scientific Research and Head of the Purchase Committee at the General Tobacco Corporation, Ayman Qara Falah, indicated that the “Shakk Al-Bint” variety and the Baladi variety planted in Tartous are being received, but that quantities are few of them this year due to the long drought wave and the lack of rain, pointing out that the Corporation has created 15 A center for receiving tobacco in the region with the aim of easing the burdens on citizens during the process of transporting the crop and delivering it to the institution.

In turn, the head of the Farmers’ Union branch in Tartous Governorate, Mahmoud Mihoub, pointed out that the crop receipt processes are going smoothly, and that the heads of the agricultural associations in the regions will follow up on the sorting and delivery, explaining that the price of an extra kilogram of tobacco has been set at 4500 Syrian pounds, which is low compared to the cost of this crop, which needs to be made. A great deal of effort and work, as well as expensive in terms of tillage, fertilizers, and the high prices of production inputs.

Mihoub explained that the farmer continues to hand over the crop to the institution because it preserves his right and protects it from the control of traders in the private sector, pointing out that additional centers will be opened in new areas in the governorate in Qadmus, Sheikh Badr, Al-Dreikish and Safita, and from them in the Akkar Plain area.

The farmers, in turn, stressed the importance of handing over the crop to the General Organization, as it is concerned with the farmer’s concerns and provides him with the necessary support to continue the production process by continuing to raise the prices of receipt from the farmers, especially in light of the high prices of raw materials related to this agriculture, such as fertilizers and agricultural medicines, expressing their hope that additional increases will come In the future, it is more appropriate to the continuous and significant rise in the prices of the requirements of this agriculture.

Yesterday, the General Tobacco Corporation began purchasing the tobacco crop for the 2021-2022 season for the “Shakk Al-Bint” variety, through the crop purchase committees in the areas of cultivation of this variety.

Source: sena

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