AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Farmers Economic Empowerment Project – Phase 1
Four workshops were conducted in Baakline – Shouf, Qraiye – El Metn, Abreshmoun – Ghareb and Mesherfe – Jurd Aley on wheat production and its growth stages to emphasize on the importance of wheat production and the role it plays in achieving food security. The workshop was given by Eng. Raed Zeidan. The workshops were followed by wheat distribution for the farmers.
In total around 1,000,000 m2 of land were grown wheat in the mentioned areas.
In addition, FSF was able to get the farmers a harvester that would support small-scale farmers during harvesting time between May – June 2020.
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