Farmers of Amouda to PYD: We watered our land with our blood and we will not sell it for free

Farmers of Amouda to PYD: We watered our land with our blood and we will not sell it for free

May 27 2024

ARK News… In condemnation of the unfair prices imposed on agricultural crops for farmers, especially wheat, “peasants and farmers” of Amouda city went out in a protest, demanding that the price of wheat be adjusted.

On Sunday, 26/5/2024), the people of the “peasants and farmers” of Amouda city in Syrian Kurdistan went out in a protest to denounce the decision of the PYD administration, which set the price of wheat at 31 cents, demanding that the price be adjusted to 50 cents per kilogram of wheat.

The protesters raised banners reading “It is enough,” “We watered our land with our blood and we will not sell it for free,” “We demand that the price be adjusted to 50 cents,” and “Death and Humiliation.”

On Sunday26/5/2024), the PYD administration set the price of a kilogram of wheat at (31) cents, subject to the numerical grading system for the 2024 season.

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