Aoun Announces Allocation of $7.5 Million and Agricultural Equipment to Support Southern Farmers

President of the Republic Joseph Aoun stressed that "the state stands alongside farmers according to available resources," noting that he had been informed by the Minister of Agriculture of the allocation of $7.5 million as assistance to them. This will be followed by $40 million to secure 1,500 plastic tents and 50 water pumps for lands currently accessible. As for those inaccessible areas, funds will be provided immediately once field difficulties are resolved.

President Aoun said, before a gathering of southern farmers and the Sustainable Agricultural Cooperative in Saida: "I am a son of the South, and I know exactly what the land means to its people and the necessity of clinging to it, because it is the foundation of our existence."