The Ministry of Agriculture approves compensation for 8,289 farmers affected by approximately 211 million new pounds Details: The Board of Directors of the Fund for Mitigation of the Effects of Natural Disasters on Agricultural Production has approved compensation for 8,289 farmers in the governorates of Daraa, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Homs, Hama, Aleppo and Tartus, as a result of the damage to their agricultural crops. The affected areas amounted to approximately 195 thousand dunams, as a result of falling hailstones, the rise of the Euphrates river level and spring frost waves during the months of March, April and May. The damage included leguminous crops, vegetables, wheat, barley, almond trees and tobacco. The value of the compensations reached about 211 million new pounds, during the council meeting that took place today under the chairmanship of the Minister of Agriculture, the engineer Basil Al-Suydan. The meeting recommended the construction of a dam and a spillway in the Al-Sikha area in the Aleppo governorate, in addition to organizing training programs for workers in damage assessment operations, with the aim of improving the mechanisms of assessment and response to natural disasters.

The Ministry of Agriculture approves compensation for 8,289 farmers affected by approximately 211 million new pounds Details: The Board of Directors of the Fund for Mitigation of the Effects of Natural Disasters on Agricultural Production has approved compensation for 8,289 farmers in the governorates of Daraa, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Homs, Hama, Aleppo and Tartus, as a result of the damage to their agricultural crops. The affected areas amounted to approximately 195 thousand dunams, as a result of falling hailstones, the rise of the Euphrates river level and spring frost waves during the months of March, April and May. The damage included leguminous crops, vegetables, wheat, barley, almond trees and tobacco. The value of the compensations reached about 211 million new pounds, during the council meeting that took place today under the chairmanship of the Minister of Agriculture, the engineer Basil Al-Suydan. The meeting recommended the construction of a dam and a spillway in the Al-Sikha area in the Aleppo governorate, in addition to organizing training programs for workers in damage assessment operations, with the aim of improving the mechanisms of assessment and response to natural disasters.