19/11/2014
During the meeting, the expanded sector of Agriculture and Fisheries:
Eastern farmers claim to resolve roads and drainage and electricity problems
The meeting called for agriculture and fisheries sector, organized by the Chamber Wednesday 19 June 2014 to a radical solution to the problems (roads and drainage, and local product surplus of dates), and provide electricity to farms in the eastern region, located in remote areas. The agricultural and fisheries in East Chamber, Mohammed bin Nasser Al Dale, the importance of agriculture goes beyond being an investment range, they are related to our food, so we look forward with hope to bypass many of the problems in the agricultural sector.. Pointing to weak communication between farmers and others concerned that treating with it directly, is the Ministry of agriculture, Ministry of transport, and the Saudi electricity company, the Commission comes to this role and the voice of the farmer to the administrator.
The meeting saw the presence of representatives of the Ministry of agriculture, Ministry of transport, speaking on the problem of transportation, farmers indicated that access to farms in the area of Abu Maan for example remains difficult, the lack of paved roads that make it more difficult in case of rain, where the problem of paved roads with drainage problem, resulting in heavy losses, forcing farms to renew their land, due to the lack of water drainage. And on this issue, the representative of the Ministry of agriculture stressed on the importance of addressing agricultural drainage, and solves the problem of agricultural roads, stressing that the Ministry supports any requirement for farmers, the Ministry reacts with more demand if collectively, and represent a broad cross-section of farmers. Expressing full willingness to support the demands of farmers in this regard.
He stressed the importance of adopting modern methods of irrigation, as a better option for agriculture, and agricultural extension services have accurate directions on this side, identifying the needs of each agricultural product, \ our workshops and courses and experiences in this aspect, the farmers use drip irrigation, for example reduces the effects of lack of agricultural drainage, unlike if it were followed by immersion in agricultural irrigation. He added that farmers are the mirror of the Ministry, and its mission is to develop agricultural activity and interact with all the complaints and observations and demands, and provide counseling services, and treatment of agricultural pests and diseases affecting livestock.. Calling on farmers to farm agricultural associations by theme it claimed to solve their problems and accelerate the achievement of their requirements, as well as developing their activity, and the agricultural cooperative associations are supported directly by the Ministry.
On the problems of the livestock Ministry Al DOSARI said providing preventive and curative services through a veterinary unit, the mobile unit, meet any contact of any of the livestock owners. At the end of the meeting called by the Ministry of agriculture support farmers raising their demands by creating access to farms through raising their requests to the Transport Ministry to solve the problem of road, predominantly sandy, while required to be paved with asphalt streets to the highest specifications, as they hope to put the problem of drainage into solutions, and obtain the views and observations.
