date:Dec 17, 2019
s in the Northern Jordan Valley, where about 6,000 ha are planted with citrus trees, an area spanning the valley strip from Adasiya to Kraymeh.
The rainy season was late, although it was abundant. But its timing did not help the ripening of the fruits in their normal and usual time, so the fruit dropped prematurely before ripening, which led production to plummet by up to 25 percent, said Muath Bin Jabal Mayor Sari Al-Abadi.
He called for setting up a central produce market in the Northern Jor