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Completion of all preparations for receiving cotton in Aleppo, Hasaka and Al-Ghab

2021-09-08T12:44:46.035Z


Governorates-SANA The farmers of al-Hasakah governorate confirmed that the amendment of the price of buying cotton crops from farmers, which was issued by the committee.


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The farmers of Al-Hasakah Governorate confirmed that the amendment of the price of purchasing the cotton crop from the farmers, which was issued by the Economic Committee in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which is set at 2500 pounds per kilo, is a good decision and will contribute to encouraging cotton farmers to market their production, especially that the new price takes into account the high production costs and the achievement of an acceptable profit margin for farmers. .

A number of farmers, during their interview with the SANA Economic Bulletin, including Abdullah Al-Jassem and Saud Al-Sultan, demanded the concerned authorities to establish a center for collecting cotton in Al-Hasakah Governorate and to receive it from the producers and then market it to the gins and receiving centers of the General Organization for Cotton in other governorates, which would save small farmers the burden of transportation.

The farmer Salah Mahidi from the Qamishli countryside confirmed that the new price set for buying cotton is affordable and ensures a good profit margin for the farmer and encourages him to market the production to the specified purchasing centers. Buying cotton and leaving it moving according to reality is a good decision that fulfills the farmer’s hopes at a price that will achieve a real profit margin for him and encourage him to market the largest possible amount to government purchasing centers.

For his part, the Director of Agriculture, Engineer Rajab Salama, stated that the crop was good in terms of germination and production during the current season, and was not exposed to agricultural and insect pests, and harvesting operations began in light of expectations of production exceeding 16 thousand tons in various areas of agricultural stability, indicating that the pace of increasing production and harvesting usually begins After the middle of the current month, it continues for about three months, when the cotton is harvested in more than one batch.

The director of the Al-Hasakah gin, Mahmoud Aisha, indicated that the twenty-fifth of this month was set to receive the cotton produced in the governorate, indicating that as a result of the current conditions and the exit of the governorate’s gins from work, the product will be marketed by farmers and producers directly to the nearest purchase center of the General Cotton Establishment in other Syrian governorates.

Aisha indicated that a marketing supervision committee will be formed, whose mission is to provide producers and transporters of the cotton crop to other governorates with the necessary papers and documents that prove that the cotton was produced in Al-Hasakah governorate and shipped from its land.

In Hama Governorate, the General Authority for the Management and Development of Al-Ghab expected to produce 504 tons of the cotton crop in the lands under the supervision of its work for the current agricultural season.

The Director of Plant Wealth in the Authority, Engineer Wafiq Zaroof, explained to the SANA Economic Bulletin that the total final area that was cultivated and counted by the field committees amounted to 252 hectares, indicating that the crop’s condition is good and no satisfactory injuries were recorded in the cultivated areas.

Zarouf pointed out that cotton picking operations usually start in the lands of the Al-Ghab area early next month, after the date for receiving the gins for the crop is set by the governorate’s agricultural sub-committee, noting that cotton cultivation has declined significantly in the Al-Ghab area in recent years due to the high cost of production requirements and the lack of availability Adequate irrigation sources and the fall of part of the agricultural lands in unstable places. During the last agricultural season, the lands of the Al-Ghab region produced about 255 tons of the beloved cotton.

In Aleppo governorate, the governorate’s agricultural sub-committee set the nineteenth of this month as the date for receiving the cotton crop from farmers and marketing it to the Tishreen gin.

The Director of the Cotton Office, Engineer Walid Razzouk, said in a statement to the Economic Bulletin that the areas planted with cotton this season in Syria amounted to 29 thousand hectares at the country level, of which 374 hectares are in the Aleppo Governorate, and it is expected to receive 88 thousand tons of cotton from farmers, including 1,000 tons from Aleppo Governorate.

In turn, the Director General of the Cotton Ginning and Marketing Corporation, Zaher Atal, said in a similar statement that the necessary measures were taken to receive the crop in the Tishreen gin in Aleppo, which extends over an area of ​​167 hectares, enabling it to absorb the quantities received from the governorate and from the eastern governorates.

He added that the General Organization for Cotton Marketing and Ginning will pay the value of the cotton to the farmers within a maximum period of 72 hours from the date of delivery and will be obligated to pay the fees for transporting the crop to farmers in the governorates where there is no receiving center when transferring the cotton to the delivery centers in other governorates.

The Prime Minister, Engineer Hussein Arnous, had agreed to the recommendation of the Economic Committee, which included setting the purchase price for one kilogram of the beloved cotton crop for the 2021 season, at an amount of 2500 Syrian pounds, and continued to the ginning and receiving centers of the General Organization for Ginning and Marketing of Cotton.

 Nizar Hassan - Salem Hussein - Ahmed Suleiman

SANA Economic Bulletin

Source: sena

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