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PSP and the challenges to the agricultural sector in Lebanon
16-3-2018
In cooperation with Fredrich Ebert foundation, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) organized yesterday a national conference for agriculture under the patronage of chief Walid Jumblat represented by MP Akram Shehayeb. During the conference, PSP leadership council member, Walid Khattar, called for methodical government support to this vital sector and its workforce that makes nearly a quarter of the population, cautioning against an increased unemployment and a real revolution of the poor classes. It is urgent, Khattar said, to promote rural development, cut the migration of people to urban areas, encourage farmers to stay steadfast in their land and back the sector which is a keystone of the national economy. For his part, Friedrich Ebert Beirut resident representative, Achim Vogt, underlined the impact of agriculture on all the Lebanese, particularly in the capital Beirut, in terms of the quality and quantity of goods. He outlined the problematic issues faced by sector which are related to the size and caliber of production, prospects of its marketing and the State’s protection of agricultural products. In his turn, Shehayeb disclosed that the conference’s recommendations will set a roadmap for joint action to salvage and strengthen agriculture in Lebanon, promising to refer them to the concerned authorities, and to work hard through the available partisan, legislative and ministerial avenues in order to achieve them. (Al Mustaqbal, March 16, 2018)
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