AMMAN — Around this time every year, wild pigs attack Irbid’s Bani Kinanah district.
Farmer Muthana Yaseen, who owns a grape and guava grove, said that
his farm is attacked by boar every night. He is not the only one facing this
problem.
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“These pigs are a threat to our farms” since they consume an
immense amount of guava, Saleem Mohammad, another farmer, said. “What makes the
issue more complicated is that we’re forbidden from entering our farms after
6pm, as they are considered a military border area.”
He added that the boar come to the farms at night, and that
farmers are forced to appraise the damage the animals have inflicted on the
trees.
“We are calling the authorities to allow
us stay in our farms at night to protect them and to compensate us for the
accumulative losses we’ve sustained for a year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic,”
Mohammad said.
Head of the House Agriculture Committee, MP Mohammad Al-Alaqmeh, told
Jordan News that the boar inflict a great loss of produce. He called on the
Ministry of Agriculture to activate the risk fund and compensate the farmers
once loss reports are issued.
Alaqmeh added that small and medium-sized
farms are the ones who help
Jordan achieve food security, and that they are the ones who grow the produce
that goes into making Jordanians’ daily meals. He therefore stressed that
Jordanian farmers must not be forgotten. The deputy added that there is no
justification for the delay in allowing farmers to secure their property at
night.
Minister of Agriculture Khalid Hneifat told
Jordan News, “As a
ministry, we are not responsible for what is happening in Bani Kinanah. Farmers
must contact the security governorate authorities.”
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