AMMAN —
President of the
General Union of Jordanian Farmers (GUJF) Odeh Al-Rawashdah
called on the government to compensate farmers affected by the current heat
wave, and include them in the Agricultural Risk Fund, since they stand to incur
great losses, according to Jo24.
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Rawashdeh said that
the government must stand by the farmers in such circumstances, given that
there are large losses of crops in the eastern and southern regions as well as
in the Mafraq governorate, adding that the heat wave had destroyed 40 percent
of the crops.
He described the
farmers’ situation in affected areas as tragic, stressing the need for the
government to interfere by exempting farmers from interests and loans they owe
to the Agricultural Credit Corporation, in addition to water and electricity
costs.
He also called on the
Greater Amman Municipality to stop collecting fees on the fruit and vegetables
supplies.
He also called on
agricultural companies to re-schedule farmers’ debts and grant them facilities
so that they can recultivate their lands, pointing out that decline in crops
will lead to higher prices at a time when consumers cannot bare new price
hikes.
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