Agricultural and Craft expo in Tyre to link producers and consumers

Under the auspices of Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayeb represented by Director of Agricultural Resources, Mohamad Abu Zeid, an agriculture, food and crafts products exhibition was held last Saturday at the Imam Sadr Foundation in Tyre. In his opening speech, the Head of the Local Economic Development Agency in South Lebanon, Ali Daood, underscored the importance of such events which contribute to the exchange of ideas and expertise and provide an added value to producers in marketing their goods. In the same vein, Abu Zeid stressed in his intervention the vitality of inter-professional cooperative work that “supports sustainable development across the private and public communities.” He called for the organisation of similar activities in various parts of Lebanon in order to profile local agricultural production. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, September 5, 2015)