date:Sep 25, 2023
vate grain and some tomatoes and cucumbers on his seven-hectare plot in Taybeh, a village near Baalbek, a famous archaeological site known for its Roman ruins.
Focus on high-value crops
Those crops are, however, not financially interesting. Too much enters the market simultaneously, so prices don't reach high levels. Yet it's difficult to convince the many growers in the fertile Bekaa Valley to switch to higher-value crops, such as grapes or, in the case of this grower, nuts. The local mentalit