50,000 Tons of Potatoes to the European Union in 2011
The agriculture ministry will begin exporting 50,000 tons of potatoes to the European Union in 2011, Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan told An Nahar daily.
Lebanon will also export apples and grapes to the United Arab Emirates after cleaning them from the residues of pesticides, he said in remarks published Tuesday.
While admitting that the agriculture sector is suffering from problems that date back to 20 years, Hajj Hassan said the ministry has made several achievements that improve production.
Among the achievements are improving food safety and appropriating more land for agriculture.
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