Tartous-Sana
Due to the fertility of its lands and the dependence of its people on agriculture, the Akkar Plain area, located in the south of Tartous Governorate, is the vital agricultural artery of the governorate, which includes about thirty villages that produce many agricultural crops. Reducing the burdens on farmers.
A number of farmers in the area indicated in statements to SANA reporter that the situation of the new Al-Hal market in the town of Safsafa with investment saves them the hardship of transporting their agricultural products to the markets of Tartous city, thus reducing the financial burden and ensuring that these crops arrive in good condition to the town, expressing their hope that the market will be established by investing in As soon as it is considered in the middle of production areas.
Engineer Ahmed Radwan, head of the Safsafa town council, pointed out that Al-Hal Market, located about one kilometer from the entrance to the town, is located on an area of 4,000 square meters and includes 28 shops and 10 cold stores, indicating that the market is a vital development project that aims to reduce financial costs for farmers and enhance self-budgeting. It will be invested in the town soon after serving it with water and electricity and the completion of sewage works.
Engineer Nizar Jabbour, Director of the General Corporation for Drinking Water in Tartous, pointed out the most important technical points of the Corporation’s work in order to provide the market with drinking water within a strategic plan that notes the urban and service development of the region. In the required time by providing it with an electric transformer with a capacity of 200 kW.
Mahmoud Mihoub, head of the Farmers’ Union branch in Tartous, explained that the Akkar Plain is the main food basket for the governorate, as it produces tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, zucchini, corn, and others. Souk al-Hal is a major marketing outlet for farmers in the region by marketing their agricultural products to various governorates.
Tartous Governor, Lawyer Safwan Abu Saada, briefed, during his meeting this week, the people and stakeholders in the agriculture sector in the Safsafa Town Council, on the most important obstacles that delay putting the market in service to address them as soon as possible, pointing to the importance of participatory work between government agencies and civil society.
Abu Saada indicated that Al-Hal Market represents an important agricultural, organizational, economic and social situation that will provide its services to farmers and contribute to controlling product prices and marketing, in addition to coordinating with the rest of the markets in the governorates, pointing to the need to invest in alternative energies such as solar energy and benefit from it in this field.
Fatima Hussain