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Renewed efforts to rescue Bsharri apple harvest
18-9-2018
In a letter to Prime Minister Saad Hariri, MP Sitrida Geagea lamented the unmarketable apple produce in Bshareh and Jibbet Bshareh, North Lebanon, after being exposed to excessive humidity during the summer which caused tremendous damage to farmers and to the agricultural seasons. Geagea asked Hariri to instruct the Higher Relief Council to send a team of experts to inspect and assess damages in the orchards in preparation for compensating aggrieved farmers. To note, with the approach of the apple harvest season in August, apple growers in Ehden, Tanourin, Bshareh, Laqlouq, up to Mount Lebanon and some parts of the Beqaa, grumbled once again the non-existent markets to dispose their harvest, as well as, the insufficient aid allocated to them (c.f: https://bit.ly/2OASZDN). Meanwhile, the head of Shabash for sorting apples project in Beit Munzer, Bshareh caza, Tony Kayrouz, visited Geagea thanking her support for the plant. The latter, to mention, is now technically prepared to receive and sort the crops from local farmers and prepare them for export according to local, regional and international specifications. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, September 12, 15, 2018)
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