Daraa-Sana
In Daraa Governorate, the cultivation of food legumes for the current season has begun, according to the established annual plan, and it amounts to 23,265 hectares.
The Director of Agriculture in Daraa, Engineer Bassam Al-Hashish, told SANA reporter today that food legumes include chickpeas, lentils, beans and peas, and their cultivation is concentrated in all regions of the governorate, indicating that the Directorate is working with farmers to expand these crops due to the actual need for them in the field of achieving self-sufficiency.
Al-Hashish added: The rainfall during the past few days will contribute to increasing the area cultivated with food legumes, which is witnessing a demand from farmers due to the availability of its requirements and its high yield.
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