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Agriculture NGO Unit to help Baalbaq farmers
23-1-2019
The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) launched yesterday the Agricultural Unit at its headquarters in Baalbaq in the presence of the head of Baalbaq/ Hermel Governorate Department, Dureid Hellani, representing the mayor Bashir Khudr, and farmers and mukhtars of the area. During the launch ceremony, LOST director and founder, Rami Lakkis, pointed out that the agricultural unit aims at supporting local farmers and the agricultural sector in general. The unit thus serves as a community farm with a mission to train and assist farmers with their needs for seedlings, fertilizers and pesticides, in addition to setting up agricultural cooperatives to the same end, Lakkis said. The project develops the capacities of farmers through building confidence between them and the undertaking, Lakkis explained, pointing to the continuous collaboration with the ministry of agriculture, the FAO and other concerned international agencies in this regard. He concluded by stressing that coops that come from a political background are not successful, contrary to coops that are purely based on agriculture, noting that LOST will support existing cooperatives and help in founding new ones. (Al Mustaqbal, Jaunary 23, 2019)
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