Deir Ezzor-SANA
The Agricultural Sub-Committee in Deir Ezzor Governorate has set the third of next October as the date for marketing the cotton crop in the governorate.
The director of the Deir ez-Zor gin, Engineer Pharaoh Al-Talaj, said in a statement to SANA reporter that the agricultural sub-committee has set the third of next month as the date for the supply of the cotton season to the Deir ez-Zor gin, where the cotton will be received from the farmers and weighed in the gin after placing them in trucks designated by the General Organization for Cotton Ginning and Marketing To be transferred from Deir ez-Zor to the gins in the central and northern regions, at the expense of the institution.
Snow pointed out that cooperation exists between all parties from the General Organization for Cotton Ginning and Marketing, the Deir ez-Zor Farmers Union, the Agricultural Bank, agricultural associations and farmers to facilitate the marketing process.
In turn, the Director of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in Deir ez-Zor, Engineer Abdul Hamid Abdul Hamid, stated that the condition of the cotton crop is good and heralds a distinguished season after the requirements of agricultural production were secured for the farmers and the distribution of the “Deir 22” seed to them, which is the approved variety and appropriate to the nature of geography and weather in the governorate.
Abdul Hamid explained that the area planted with the cotton crop in the governorate for the current season amounted to 4,216 hectares, and the crop's condition is continuously monitored by the Department of Prevention, as there are no injuries except for light individual injuries that were immediately treated.
For his part, the Director of the Agricultural Bank in Deir ez-Zor, Engineer Bassam Al-Kasiri, indicated that the bank is fully prepared for the cotton season for this year, to provide support to farmers and to pay the values of cotton directly, and work is underway to secure the necessary paralysis for marketing.
It is noteworthy that the governorate of Deir ez-Zor marketed 10,15 tons of the cotton crop last year.