Lebanon's olive oil farmers struggle to sell amid depreciation of local currency

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Lebanon's olive oil farmers struggle to sell amid depreciation of local currency

STORY: Lebanon's olive oil farmers struggle to sell amid depreciation of local currency DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:21 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of olive trees in Chouf, Mount Lebanon 2. various of farmers picking and sorting olives 3. various of the oil milling plant 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SALAH FAHD GHANNAM, Oil milling plant owner 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAYYED CHARBEL ISSA, Farmer 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALAH FAHD GHANNAM, Oil milling plant owner 7. various of the oil milling plant STORYLINE: Lebanon's steep financial crisis and the collapse of the local currency have led to a rise in olive oil prices and made selling for Lebanese farmers even harder. Salah Fahd Ghannam, owner of an oil milling plant, told Xinhua that oil milling plants have been unable to sell their products as most of those who consume olive oil are people employed by the public sector and their salaries are paid in the depreciating Lebanese currency. Lebanon has been going through an un

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