In Syria, nearly 1.24 million hectares cultivated with wheat and 1.2 million hectares with barley

Published Feb 21, 2023

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Wheat and barley planting in all provinces is completed, with wheat occupying 1,249,584 hectares, including 578,998 hectares under irrigation and 670,586 hectares under rainfed conditions. Safe areas account for 546,873 hectares of wheat cultivation. Barley planting covers 1,193,763 hectares, with an 87% implementation rate. The total seed distribution for wheat was 53,681 tons. Additionally, 38,918 hectares have been allocated for medicinal and aromatic crops.

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The process of planting wheat and barley crops in all provinces has been completed, as the areas cultivated with the wheat crop for this season amounted to 1,249,584 hectares, according to Director of Planning and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Eng. Nazek al-Ali. Al-Ali added in a statement “The irrigated areas cultivated with wheat amounted to 578,998 hectares, and 670,586 hectares were cultivated under rainfed conditions, while the area cultivated with wheat in safe areas amounted to 546,873 hectares.” 1,193,763 hectares have been cultivated with barley crop, with an implementation rate of 87 percent, of which 438,242 hectares are in safe areas, while the amount of wheat seed distributed reached 53,681 tons, Director of Plant Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Eng. Ahmed Haidar stated. Haidar added ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult