The agro-food sector is highlighted as a defensive value proposition that has many underused development potentials in the contexts of satisfying local demand and achieving exports. Food safety and certification…
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Agricultureagro-industryCoronavirus AnalysisOpinionSpecial Report
Lebanon needs to lower its import dependency
My grandfather died in 2016 at the age of 103. He survived two world wars, the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon (1916 – 1918), and the Lebanese Civil War. A…
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Agricultureagro-industryCoronavirus AnalysisSpecial Report
Lebanese agro-industrialists discuss challenges and opportunities in times of crisis
Gibran Khalil Gibran’s poem Pity the Nation, published in 1933, could almost have been written about lockdown in modern day Lebanon. Most prophetic is the line “pity the nation that…
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Agricultureagro-industryCoronavirus AnalysisSpecial Report
Economic and coronavirus crises threaten Lebanon’s already fragile food security
For almost anyone residing in Lebanon, trips to the supermarket have become laced with a vague sense of apprehension. The more privileged may wonder how much the price of their…
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There is a need for innovation and R&D in the agro-industry sector in Lebanon and the region. Agrytech, a program by Berytech focusing on innovations in agriculture, was created to…