The marketing of wheat harvest in the news again this year

With every harvest season, the problem of marketing resurges, thus refueling the distress of wheat farmers. Farmers who have started gathering this season’s produce, are now highly concerned and uncertain how to dispose of them, especially that the government has not yet appointed the committees in charge of harvest collection, defining prices of handling and rent of the storage houses, as vividly expressed by the head of the Beqaa Farmers, Ibrahim Tarshishi. For that reason, wheat farmers have issued an ultimatum that ends in June 25, threatening the authorities of days of wrath and protests if they are left stranded. To recall, that a few hours from the resignation of the Economy Minister, Alan Hakim, a meeting was scheduled, but later cancelled, at the ministry to discuss the fate of this year’s harvest. In this respect, As Safir newspaper reflected the distress of the Beqaa farmers who fear a repeated scenario of uncertainty of the past few years. This is particularly so since, it should be noted, that the storage process, entails additional production costs linked to extra labor, the rent of warehouses, transport, loading and unloading services, which could result into great financial losses, the newspaper explained. (As Safir, June 17, 2016)