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Traditional mooneh in Beqaa in crisis, discussion in Tripoli on agriculture recovery
29-9-2020
Al Akhbar wrote on Saturday that the collapse of the exchange rate of the Lebanese lira against the dollar, combined with the absence of any monitoring by the authorities and the greed of merchants have forced the people of Beqaa to ditch the cost-inefficient mouneh supplies that used to be indispensable, like the Qawarma, and to cut down on other items, including jams, that have become expensive due to the soaring price of sugar. The Shanklish (a special kind of rural cheese) as well as frozen cereals and grains like green peas and cowpeas were also forsaken. On the subject, the newspaper spoke to Zeinab Sherif, from the Beqaa town of Yammooneh, who said that people are stockpiling the minimum of the winter provisions because of the extraordinary times and difficult living and financial conditions. Similarly, Raghida Masri, the president of the Cooperative Association of Zadat el Khayrat in Bednayel, indicated that the agricultural cooperatives also decided to abandon some pricey brands, pointing out that high production costs forced cooperatives to focus on producing for confirmed orders . In a related development, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Tripoli and the North organized a panel discussion on September 22 on the “Reality of the Lebanese agricultural sector and ways to enhance it”. Participants in the event stressed a number of priorities notably the following: expand the budget of the ministry of agriculture so that it can play a stronger role in sustaining exporters and farmers; focus more comprehensively on the economic context; address the negative impacts of the economic crisis on agriculture; provide full support to farmers, namely in the northern areas, fight smuggling and dumping. (Al Akhbar, Al Diyar, September 22, 26, 2020)
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