In a ceremony held today, the Lebanese Regie for Tobacco launched a mobile application tailored for tobacco and tumbac farmers. This platform facilitates direct remote communication with engineers, experts, and specialized technicians, enabling farmers to consult them and obtain “guidance, solutions, and proposals,” as highlighted by the Regie’s Director General, Nassif Seklaoui.
The event was attended by MP Ashraf Baydoun, the Government’s commissioner and financial controller, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, heads of tobacco and tumbac growers’ unions, municipal unions’ representatives, and representatives from municipalities in tobacco-growing villages spanning the south, the north, Akkar and the Bekaa regions. Additionally, attendees included representatives from international tobacco companies and sales managers.
Seklaoui described the launching of the app as “a significant leap forward in alignment with modernity and technological development,” serving as “a cornerstone in the comprehensive development strategy” embraced by the Regie.
He emphasized that the Regie has been “one of the first public institutions in Lebanon to adopt mechanization across its administrative, industrial, commercial, financial, and agricultural operations.”
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