Libyan olive oils win prizes at Berlin awards – plans to increase production
May 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan olive oils win prizes at Berlin awards – plans to increase production

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 May 2021:  Two Libyan companies achieved second and third places in the Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards (Berlin GOOA), which w...

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Agricultural fair to be held in south Libya 25-30 September
Sep 5 Sami Zaptia

Agricultural fair to be held in south Libya 25-30 September

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 September 2019:The annual Agricultural Fair for the south of Libya will be held from 25 to 30 September in the city of Taminh...

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Apr 24 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s grain production could increase 6-fold and supply half of local consumption in 2019

By Sami Zaptia.A satellite image of the agriculture project in Libya's southern city of Al Kufra fed by fossil water. These single pivot irrigation pr...

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Libyan orange peace festival seeks to set world record
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Libyan orange peace festival seeks to set world record

By Sami Zaptia.London, 24 February 2018:An ‘’Orange peace festival’’ was held at the grounds of the old state-owned Mansoura harissa factory on the Tr...

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Apr 5 thomwestcott

Locals urged to return locust-fighting equipment as swarm descends

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 5 April 2014:The Ministry of Agriculture had urged anyone who has vehicles or equipment belonging to the country’s locu...

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Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

Agro Food Libya, Benghazi, 3-6 March

Tripoli, 25 January 2014:The Agro Food Libya exhibition will be held in the city of Benghazi from 3-6 March 2014.For more information see: www.agrofoo...

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Jan 16 thomwestcott

Tree-planting campaign launched in Sirte

Tripoli, 16 January 2014:The first phase of an extensive tree-planting campaign in Libya was launched this morning near Sirte.Thousands of trees will...

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Dec 5 thomwestcott

Southern farmers send dates to famine and flood-stricken neighbour countries

Tripoli, 5 December 2013:Humanitarian aid in the form of twenty tons of dates is being sent to Sudan and Somalia by farmers from Jalu in south of the...

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Dates and palm trees festival opens in Benghazi
Oct 8 thomwestcott

Dates and palm trees festival opens in Benghazi

Tripoli, 8 October 2013:The eighth annual Dates and Palm Trees festival kicked off today in Benghazi.The four-day festival, hosted by the Benghazi You...

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India offers to help establish agriculture testing centre
Aug 29 Michel Cousins

India offers to help establish agriculture testing centre

Agriculture Minister Saleh Hamed Mahjoub shakes hands with the Indian AmbassadorTripoli, 29 August 2013:India is offering to help set up a soil, water...

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