Souk Akkar Co.
SAL
A wholesale market
for fruits and vegetables privately instituted in the second largest
agricultural production area in Lebanon to facilitate horticultural marketing
linkages through various channels.
Berrad Fneideq Co.
SAL
Fneideq is a town located in the Akkar district,
Northeast of Tripoli, among a cluster of villages named Jurd el Qayteh. In
2011, Emkan established a cold storage facility, Berrad Fneideq, to provide the
farmers with cold storage services to store their apple produce.
Akkar Agriculture Center
Akkar Agricultural Center (AAC) is located next
to Souk Akkar and covers an area of 22,000 m². The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab
Economic Development (KFD) funded the construction of the center for the
benefit of the Akkar region.
EMKAN OUTREACH & EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Emkan worked on developing programs whereby
providing farmers with incentives in order for them to commit to acquiring new
capacities, developing best practices and enhancing the quality of production
process by implementing an IPM model.