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A promising fig season in Arkoob
28-8-2017
With summer coming to an end, Arkoob residents are anticipating a good fig season, especially that the nature of earth soil in the area imparts a distinctive flavor to the fruit, Al Mustaqbal reported. The town of Kfarhamam, most famous for its fig production, boasts an annual harvest of 50 tons of multiple variety of dried and fresh figs. One farmer, Abu Ahmad, told Al Mustaqbal that demand on Arkoob and Kfarhamam figs is outstanding. But he lamented that young people have moved away from agriculture work which Is further distressed by the crisis of marketing production, and the relinquished official backing to promote their steadfastness through development of this cultivation. Former Kfarhamam mukhtar, Mohieddine Shahrur, stressed the need to support fig growers, especially that fig trees have a relatively short life span and demand special care. Abu Rabi’, for his part, told Al Mustaqbal reporter that every other day he heads to the field accompanied with his wife to pick the fresh fruits where he sells one kg for LBP 4-5,000. However, if he could not dispose of the gathered figs by noon, he tends to dry them to vend them later as dried fruits, with one pound standing at LBP 30 to 40 thousand. (Al Mustaqbal, August 27, 2017)
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