Total field crop production increased 55 percent within four years, accounting for $227 million last year, according to Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes Agricole Libanais (CREAL).
Field crops mainly include cereals, potatoes, pulses, and fodder. Potatoes topped the list with a production value of $165 million, doubling within four years.
According to Riad Saadeh, Chairman of CREAL, this is due to a 40-percent increase in cultivated areas, reaching 15,000 hectares. Potatoes ha...
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