MoE&T starts settling the financial entitlements of wheat farmers

The chief of the syndicate of wheat farmers in Lebanon, Khaled Shuman, confirmed in a statement last Monday, that the Ministry of Economy & Trade (MoE&T) has begun the disbursement of funds for wheat farmers as planned. This measure comes after a cabinet decision to allocate a sum of LBP175,000 for each dunum in compensation for not buying the annual wheat harvest as was the norm in past years. The statement estimated the “number of beneficiaries at 561 farmers, while in fact more than 200 thousand Bekaa farmers, including the families of wheat growers, land proprietors and agricultural companies, benefit from the compensation.” Shuman finally hoped that the Lebanese government would draw a quick and clear vision for the present wheat production in order to avoid the bad experience of the previous season. (L’Orient Le Jour, April 14, 2016)

 

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