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Egyptian potato entered the country notwithstanding farmers’ protests
15-2-2018
The Beqaa potato growers staged a sit-in at the Agricultural Research Center in Riyaq-Tal Amara on Monday to protest the entry of Egyptian potatoes to the local markets before February 20th as was requested by the Lebanese farmers (c.f: http://bit.ly/2Esi17c). A ship loaded with 7,000 tons of potato has arrived at the Port of Beirut, despite a reported agreement that Lebanon imports nearly 50,000 tons close to the harvest season of the Akkari potato this mid-March. On the subject, Al Diyar newspaper today cited the president of the Beqaa Farmers’ Association, Ibrahim Tarshishi, as saying, “truth has been defeated” and the Egyptian goods have secured their entry into the country purposely ignoring local farmers’ concerns and complaints and the supposed pledges they received in this regard. He said 4 container ships loaded with Egyptian potato have arrived and freely unloading their cargo, which shows that “the pressures exerted on Lebanon are bigger than the country,” Tarshishi grieved, adding, that today the port is expected to receive more than 5 thousand tons. “The farmer is the scapegoat that is always used to lay the blame on for all that goes wrong and it is no one’s concern,” Tarshishi lamented. (Al Diyar, February 13, 15, 2018)
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