Damascus-SANA
The Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Engineer Muhammad Hassan Qatana, affirmed that the irrigated agricultural areas in the country are constantly expanding as a result of the efforts made by the government in this regard, especially with regard to the wheat crop, pointing out that the agricultural sector is proceeding according to fixed plans.
In an interview with the Syrian channel this evening, Eng. Qatana explained that the irrigated cultivated areas in the country are constantly expanding as a result of the efforts made by the government in this regard, especially with regard to the wheat crop, which is one of the important strategic crops, pointing out that the ministry has many distinguished and high varieties of wheat. The productivity that you distribute to the extension units according to the environmental regions in Syria.
Qatna indicated that the ministry is providing great facilities to speed up the delivery of wheat quantities to silos in order to guarantee the rights of farmers without any additional burdens. fruits.
Qatna considered that the stability of agricultural production is linked to the stability of the irrigated areas, pointing out that the mandatory agricultural insurance on protected crops achieves stability for the farmer and for product prices, pointing out that the ministry has plans and procedures in coordination with the Ministry of Industry to revive the cultivation of the sugar beet crop in the next season and that work is being done on a project card Electronic provision of fuel to farmers according to their needs.
With regard to the issue of fires, the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform confirmed that the ministry has established an operations room in each governorate and developed an integrated plan for fire prevention and mechanisms to confront it, in addition to the existence of a fire platform based on remote sensing, where it identifies areas where there are risks.
Concerning the poultry sector, Qatna stressed that the continuous government support for this sector contributed to achieving relative stability in it, especially by not increasing the prices of chicken and eggs.
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