Community-supported agriculture: a Lebanese cooperative guide
A community-supported agriculture project in Lebanon can begin with a subscription box, but it cannot become a legally…
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Greenhouse pest control with simple sticky traps
A greenhouse can lose crop quality long before a pest population looks dramatic. A few whiteflies resting beneath…
Export packaging for Lebanese produce: how to choose
The clock runs out on January 1, 2030. That is when the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) makes…
Greenhouse fertigation: manual to automated shift
In Lebanese tunnel greenhouses, the first sign of a failing fertigation routine is rarely a broken pump. It is usually…
Stone fruit bruising: 5 ways to protect Lebanese harvests
Lebanon can lose up to 30%–40% of fresh produce after harvest, and stone fruit is particularly exposed because its…
Organic olive transition: a step-by-step orchard project
An organic olive farming transition in Lebanon is not a matter of replacing one spray with another and printing a new…
Air freight for Lebanese produce: a Gulf export plan
On June 10, 2026, Riyadh officially lifted the five-year import ban on Lebanese goods — a ban that had severed your…
Clogged drip emitters: a 10-minute vinegar fix
A blocked drip emitter rarely fails without leaving a pattern. In a Lebanese irrigation line, the first plants to show…
Lebanese Citrus Varieties: Export Selection Guide
In 2021, Lebanese orchards produced approximately 190,295 tons of oranges, mandarins, and clementines across a total…
Soil health restoration: 5 organic methods for Bekaa
The 2022 water test from the Al Ammiq River came back at 39.8 mg/L of nitrate. That is not a number you negotiate with…
Port of Beirut agricultural cargo: export clearance steps
In Lebanese orchards, the first signs of climate stress often appear before harvest: peaches soften unevenly after a…
Subsurface drip irrigation setup for Lebanese orchards
An estimated 87,000 hectares of irrigated farmland operate across Lebanon. Roughly 45 percent of that total …
Sheet mulching: quick weed control for organic farms
There's a moment every spring when our growers gather at the co-op yard and the same conversation finds its way back to…
Libnor export standards: certification path for cooperatives
For Lebanese agricultural cooperatives, export compliance is not one certificate waiting at the end of the process. It…
Digital soil testing: how sensor data transforms Bekaa crops
Walk through the Bekaa Valley in late summer and you'll feel it underfoot—the soil cracking in wide fissures, baked…
Cold chain logistics: 5 ways to prevent export spoilage
A shipment of fresh produce can leave the farm in perfect condition and still arrive unsaleable. The damage rarely…
Greenhouse hydroponics in Lebanon: a step-by-step project
For our growers across the Beqaa, the South, and the coastal plains, the question is no longer whether soilless…
Irrigation System Selection for Bekaa Valley Farms
The Bekaa Valley holds 42% of Lebanon's cultivated land and over 70% of its potato acreage. Sixty-five percent of that…
International grants for Lebanese co-ops: An application plan
The GATE project — a joint Government of Lebanon–World Bank initiative implemented through UNDP — offers cooperative…
Lebanese Produce Exports: The Shift from Land to Sea
Walk through the packing sheds of a cooperative in the northern Bekaa during stone fruit season and you will see the…
Solar water pumps: 5 ways to irrigate Lebanese crops
For a Lebanese farm, the case for solar pumping is not simply about replacing diesel with panels. It is about making…
Bekaa Valley Potato Harvest: From Soil to Wholesale Market
In the Bekaa Valley, our growers don't get one harvest a year — they get two, and the calendar never gives them much…