Syria's farmers face huge losses and demands for government support

A member of the committee managing the central cardamom market in Damascus, Muhammad Al-Akkad, said that the market committee has nothing to do with prices outside the central market, considering that the farmer remains the victim, given that all wholesale prices are lower than the cost he offers, which has made him doomed to loss throughout this season.

Al-Aqqad pointed out the contradiction that makes the prices of vegetables very low compared to their cost for the farmer, while the citizen sees them as high compared to his income.

It is noteworthy that Syrian vegetables, with the exception of potatoes and tomatoes, do not find their way to Arab markets, which created a surplus in their production. However, their prices remained a source of complaint for most Syrian families.

Syria exports 30 containers of tomatoes and potatoes each day, with a capacity of 25 tons, most of which reach the Gulf countries.

Syrian farmers are demanding that government support be provided to them due to the losses they incurred this season and the fall in prices below cost. They focus their complaints on subsidizing agricultural diesel, fertilizers and seeds, and the need for the price of diesel for farms to be lower than the price of diesel for factories.