Agriculture fair in Batroon for linking cooperatives with consumers

‘Youth Pulse’ organized yesterday a meeting for agricultural cooperatives in Batroon at the premises of Batroon Development and Cultural League, in cooperation with association 'Labora'. During the meeting, participants discussed a YP plan to organize a large agriculture fair, which aims at linking productive cooperatives with local and international consumers, in order to market local agricultural production. The representative of Youth Pulse, Father Yuhanna Mrad, listened to the demands of cooperatives, and called upon those present to actively participate in the upcoming agricultural fair.  He pointed out that the Fair will be held in 2018 and that preparations will involve several agricultural cooperatives in Lebanon. From their side, heads of the cooperatives outlined their problems, particularly the difficulties in marketing olive oil and apple productions, the need to set up an apple refrigeration unit in Tannureen, facilitate their administrative work and for receiving further aid from the Ministry of Agriculture. 

(Al Diyar, January 10, 2017)