Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Homs, SANA- Homs Agriculture Directorate announced Monday the start of harvesting current wheat crop in Talkalakh area, from on May 10th.
Homs Agriculture Director, Eng. Nazih al-Rifai, told SANA that the early harvest was set after a field tour of wheat orchards in Talkalakh area that revealed that the crop could be harvested within days.
Eng. al-Rifai said that the total area of irrigated and rainfed wheat crops planted in Talkalakh amounts to 4,000 hectares, more than 50 percent of which is in good condition.
Rafah al-Allouni/ Manar Salameh
