Minister Urges Home-Grown Food During Crisis
Agriculture Minister Abbas Mortada on Monday urged Lebanon’s farmers and citizens to grow their “own gardens if the crisis of the novel coronavirus drags on.”
Mortada said: “The “nation is going through a very difficult crisis. Farmers are invited to grow their fields and Lebanese are invited to grow their own gardens because food security is very important especially if the crisis persists.”
Mortada made his remarks during a tour of the vegetable market in Beirut.
He said the price of goods and products must take into account the crisis we are all going through. “There should not be a monopoly or exorbitant price hikes,” he stressed.
30 March 2020, 11:07
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Abbas Abbas Abbas!!!
Shia Shia Shia !!!
Corona Corona Corona !!!
30 March 2020, 11:59
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"Lebanese are invited to grow their own gardens because food security is very important especially if the crisis persists.”
How reassuring his statements are knowing that more than 90% of Lebanese live in crowded apartment buildings!
