Green thyme rewards for farmers in Tyre

A ray of hope emerges when talking of green thyme harvests, amidst the constant talk about the general depressed agricultural seasons in Lebanon this year. According to Al-Safir newspapers the sellers of thyme, at the entrance of southern Tyre, seem this season optimistic as they merrily wait for the harvests at the beginning of winter. Al-Safir also noted that thyme cultivation has become part of modern agriculture since thyme planted fields are now irrigated using the “drip” system and the farmers are using organic compost in the preparation of the allotted lands. The report also highlighted that thyme growing employs hundreds of farmers and gives significant economic reward. One of the thyme growers in Shawakeer, an outskirt of Tyre, Ibrahim Zain, explained that in spite of the high cost of planting, land rentals, irrigation, prices of organic fertilizers and labor, thyme cultivation "rewards farmers for their efforts and hardships".
Source: Al-Safir, 19 November 2014