Safadi training in Akkar on good farming practices

In collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO), Al Safadi Foundation held a ceremony yesterday at its Agricultural Center in Deir Dloum, Akkar where it distributed certificates to participants who completed training workshops on best agricultural practices in potato and green leafy vegetables growing and ways to enhance marketing. The beneficiaries included some 60 farmers members in the following coops, the Cooperative Association for Agricultural Development in Sahl Al Romoul, the Agricultural Coop for Potato Farmers, Halba Agricultural Coop for Agricultural Development and the Agricultural Coop for Rural Development in Majdala. The event comes as part of the ILO funded initiative implemented by the Safadi Foundation in the area, in cooperation with the Lebanon Agriculture Research Institute (LARI), entitled ‘Support Basic Value Chain Development Interventions Related to Good Agricultural Practices for Potato and Leafy Green Vegetables-2016’. (As Safir, Al Diyar, May 12, 2016)