Start harvesting olives and expected 35 thousand tons
The olive presses in Lattakia started working with the start of reaping the fruits. The Directorate of Agriculture estimates that the production of this season is 168 thousand tons and it is expected to extract more than 35 thousand tons of oil. Ventilated and hygienic containers and avoid the storage of the crop or delay in its era as well as the commitment of owners or operators of contemporary technical conditions.
Eng. Munther Jamil Khairbak, Director of Lattakia Agriculture, stressed the control of the presses in terms of the mechanism of the worker and the application of technical conditions for obtaining oil of high quality and specifications, in addition to taking into account the application of environmental conditions for the presses. Agriculture of 2007, which collects and transports peat water for olive groves and forest lands away from water bodies, springs and rivers and their deployment in the specified lands in recommended quantities to prevent pollution accidents in addition to benefit from their high fertilizer value. He added that a supervising technician has been appointed from the extension units of the agriculture, so that each of the presses will have a technician to help guide the owners of the presses on how to carry the peat water to the specified agricultural lands. Control the violation in cooperation with the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection by circulating the pricing bulletin, in addition to the list of technical conditions of the era with the pricing and license of the press in a prominent place inside the building of the press.
Source: Tishreen Newspaper
