Spain: The Almazara program advances in southern Lebanon

Published Mar 7, 2023

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The 'Almazara' program, in collaboration with the Spanish contingent of UNIFIL, the Universities of Extremadura and Zaragoza, and the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, has been implementing efforts to enhance the agricultural sector in several towns in southern Lebanon since 2018. This initiative aims to address local needs and improve agricultural techniques through a comprehensive approach that includes the evaluation of soil, fertilization, pest management, and the enhancement of olive oil quality. The program has been conducting theoretical and practical sessions for local cooperatives and farmers, focusing on various aspects of olive cultivation and the science of olive oil tasting. A round table meeting was held to discuss the program's outcomes and plan future collaborations.

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Olimerca.- Several towns in southern Lebanon, within the Spanish area of responsibility for the East Sector of UNIFIL, have focused the latest actions of the 'Almazara' program, where personnel from the Spanish contingent of this United Nations mission and professors of the Universities of Extremadura and Zaragoza. We recall that this program began in 2018 with the aim of evaluating the needs in the agricultural sector that may exist in this area and collaborating to improve the agricultural techniques that were used. Then an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Defense and different Spanish universities and with the collaboration of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture these activities were launched. In this case, on behalf of the University of Extremadura, Rodrigo Alonso Pinzón, director of the School of Agricultural Engineering, whose collaboration has focused on traditional and ecological pruning; Gonzalo Esteban Sánchez, a professor specializing in Rural Engineering ...

Source: OliMerca