Rif Dimashq-SANA
To overcome the difficulties resulting from the lack of diesel and electric energy caused by the unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria, the farmers of the town of Dimas, the villages of Maysaloon and the Deir al-Ashera farm began to install and use alternative energy on water wells to secure irrigation for their fruitful trees spread over an area estimated at more than 18,000 dunams. .
The search for solutions and the optimal utilization of capabilities motivated more than 15 farmers in the aforementioned areas to install solar energy systems on their lands, which helped them to provide the quantities of water needed for irrigation, according to a statement by the head of the agricultural association in the town of Dimas Ahmed Hussein Nurs to a SANA reporter who monitored the reality of farmers’ fields in that area .
Gout showed that the fruitful trees extending over an area of more than 18,000 dunams were affected by the frost that hit them last March and the lack of rain and needed watering, but there is a shortage and difficulty in securing fuel oil and electricity .. All of this prompted a number of farmers to install solar panels to obtain energy and to secure the operation of wells water.
He called for the necessity of granting soft loans with low interest rates so that all farmers in the region can install energy panels, which have become an urgent and safer necessity for agriculture.
A number of farmers who installed energy panels considered, during their statements to SANA, that alternative energy is one of the most important projects that must be supported under the current circumstances to end their suffering in providing the necessary irrigation for their trees, explaining that they resorted to alternative energy because it is the most affordable in the long run despite its cost and guarantees the protection of their crops.
“My land is like the blood that runs in my veins.” With this phrase, the farmer Mohy El-Din Muhammad Al-Masry described his attachment to his land, explaining that he took the initiative to implement an alternative energy project to secure the watering of fruitful trees that extend over an area of 50 acres and need to be irrigated for 8 hours a day by drip and under the current circumstances and the difficulty of securing Mazut considers solar energy the only refuge for him, pointing out that he installed about 40 panels for that.
While following up his land and cleaning it of stones between farms, Wadih al-Raqsha from al-Dimas said that he owns 5 dunums planted with apples, peaches, berries, apricots and cherries, and that his great love for agriculture made him turn to alternative energy to improve the situation under the current circumstances, so he installed 12 panels with a pumping capacity of an inch and a quarter of an inch. The pumping starts from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, calling at the same time for paving and asphalting agricultural roads, as it makes it difficult for the farmer to reach his land and transport his crop.
From the farm of Deir Al-Ashera, Muhammad Mahmoud Hilal mentioned that he has ten dunams, including 3.5 dunums planted with apples, 2.5 with pears, and 3 with apricots, and the rest is planted with peaches, cherries, walnuts, grapes, peaches and garnc. Good, so he resorted to installing 18 panels that provide him with enough watering hours for the trees, calling on everyone to install energy because it is the most economical in the long run.
It should be noted that the Directorate of Agriculture in the Damascus countryside is working to track pests that affect fruit trees extending over an area of 80,000 hectares. Farmers have been subjected to training courses to reduce the indiscriminate use of pesticides and to identify the mechanism of using attractive and pheromone traps as a means of collective control of the fruit fly pest.
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