BEIRUT - Agriculture Ministry and Lebanon's Banks' Association signed on Wednesday a protocol of cooperation to grant investors and activists in the agricultural sector long term loans (in Lebanese liras) for medium and small-sized projects with a low rate of interest. During a joint press conference at the Association headquarters in Saifi to declare the said protocol, Lebanon's Banks' Association Joseph Torbay said the agricultural sector represents a vital productive sector for social and population equilibrium and national food security. He also pointed out that the loans to investors ranges between 3 million Lebanese liras and 25 million liras on a period of four years with a low rate of interest.... Read more

BEIRUT- Health and Nutrition Guidance Committee urged in a letter to Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan to intervene quickly and open an investigation into the entry of livestock to Lebanon. The letter added that the livestock fail to comply... Read more