Madaba, July 1 (Petra) — Madaba Governorate is recording a strong
wheat and barley harvest this year following one of the most abundant
rainy seasons in decades, with the plains of Madaba and Dhiban once
again blanketed by grain crops after years of below-average
production.

Director of Agriculture in Madaba Eng. Bassam Abu Al-Ghanam said the
favorable rainfall encouraged farmers to expand cultivation, with
around 25,000 dunums planted with wheat and 65,000 dunums planted
with barley.

He told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that wheat yields are
averaging between 350 and 450 kilograms per dunum, while barley
yields range between 350 and 400 kilograms per dunum.

Abu Al-Ghanam noted that the Ministry of Agriculture had previously
announced preferential procurement prices for wheat and barley to
support farmers in marketing their produce while reinforcing Jordan’s
strategic reserves of the two key crops.

He added that the Madaba Directorate of Agriculture has issued 142
certificates of origin for wheat and barley growers in Madaba and
Dhiban, enabling the government to purchase their harvests at
preferential prices before they are delivered to the Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Supply’s grain silos.

//Petra// RZ