Hama nurseries produce half a million fruitful seedlings to compensate for the loss of agricultural lands in the fire-affected areas

 HAMA, (ST)- The nurseries of Hama Agriculture Directorate have managed to produce half a million fruitful seedlings to be sold and distributed in the coming period in order to compensate for part of the loss in the province’s  fire-affected areas.

Bassam al-Nashar, Head of the Plant Production Department at the Agriculture Directorate, said in a statement to SANA that these various fruitful seedlings will meet the province’s needs of trees at affordable prices with the purpose of reviving the vegetation cover in the province and providing farmers with a variety of plants.

“We plan to provide a huge quantity of olive and apple tree seedlings for free to the farmers whose groves and trees were damaged because of the fires that broke out during the past period,” he clarified, noting the support that will be provided to farmers to revive their damaged agricultural lands.

 Head of the Agricultural Center for Seedlings Production in Hama, Eng. Basem Osman Agha, said that emphasis will be put on producing the best kinds of olives that are suitable for the province’s climatic conditions and which take into account the diversity of the soil.

Hamda Mustafa