Over 11,000 tons of wheat harvested in Palmyra countryside

Palmyra, SANA- Al-Biyarat al-Gharbiyah in Tadmou (Palmyra) countryside has witnessed a bumper harvest of wheat and barley crops.

The quantities harvested by farmers and handed over to grain silos and the General Organization for Seed Multiplication reached up 11,542 tons of wheat and 23 tons of barley, according to the head of the Department of Agriculture of Palmyra, Ahmed Yusuf.

Yusuf said that during the next season’s plan ,legume crops will be introduced to improve the chemical properties of the soil and encourage farmers to grow these important crops for the region.

Shaza Qreima

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