- The Libyans that won the Japanese and Norwegian International olive oil competitions are being honored by their leader.
- The National Program for Small and Medium Enterprises supports emerging business owners through training programs for emerging business owners in the field of olive oil cultivation.
The Libyans won the Japanese and Norwegian International olive oil competitions and they were honored by their leaders for their victory.
The ceremony took place at the Ministry of Economy and Trade and it was headed by Mohamed Hwej, and Abdel Nasser Abu Zagia, in the presence of the Minister of Finance, Khaled Al-Mabrouk, and the Director General of the Libyan Export Promotion Centre (LEPC), Mohamed Al-Deeb.
The winners of the Japanese competition (JOOP 2023), Jalal Al-Lamushi, who won gold, and Abdul Rahman Al-Aswad and Yunis Gadmour, who won silver medals were the ones that were honored. Khaled Al-Amin had won gold at the Scandinavia competition in Norway.
Speaking exclusively to Libya Herald in April, Al-Lamushi had complained that he had received no support from the Libyan government. At yesterday’s ceremony, the Director of the LEPC pledged to pay the participation fees for the winners in these two competitions.
Commenting on the meeting, the Director General of the National Program for Small and Medium Enterprises, Abdel Nasser Abu Zagia, stated that this meeting came to support local olive oil producers and encourage the possibility of establishing transformational industries with the support of the state and financing institutions.
He emphasized the support of the National Program for Small and Medium Enterprises through training programs for emerging business owners in the field of olive oil cultivation. This is to increase the quantities of the Libyan product and introduce it in the relevant international forums.
Abu Zagia added that the Ministry of Economy stressed, through its minister, the need to support such initiatives and to prepare all means to enable olive oil producers to participate in upcoming international participation. It will also motivate farmers to expand the cultivation of olive trees, especially local varieties of high productivity and quality, and to open training centers to train farmers and owners of presses on how to raise the quality of olive oil production and multiply it.
Abu Zagia pledged to support all initiatives related to the production of olive oil and any local agricultural products that can be exported abroad, including dates, by holding training courses on everything related to agricultural products, from planting to harvesting to packaging and ending with selling and exporting.
In conclusion, a team was formed to work on developing a program to support the production of olive oil and issue recommendations in this regard.