Qamishlo Women’s Economy Committee plants 3,800 fruit trees in Derik

Jîyan Project

A Kongra Star women’s agricultural project supported by Water for Rojava (W4R) covering 400 hectares between 9 villages close to Derik. The are growing tomato, cucumber, pepper, lettuce, aubergine, parsley, peas, garlic, sunflower, okra. They plant first in greenhouses then transfer seedlings to the land. There are two historic wells from the Regime times with

This report by was published by Jinha Women’s News Agency on 2 March, 2023

Within the scope of the ‘Jiyan’ project promoted by the Qamishlo Women’s Economy Committee, 3,800 fruit trees were planted in Derik.

Within the scope of the ‘Jiyan‘ project promoted by the Qamishlo Women’s Economy Committee, 3,800 fruit trees were planted in Derik.

The “Jiyan” project was launched by Rojava Ecological Women’s Platform to protect the environment. The project is carried out with the slogan ‘We will reach the forests against chemical weapons that try to turn the country into a desert and an earthquake zone’.

Many members of the Qamishlo Women’s Economic Committee planted 3,800 fruit trees. In this context, trees such as grapes, figs, mangoes and olives were planted in the village of Melamerze, east of Derik.

Meyasa Faruq, member of the Women’s Economic Committee, saluted all women on 8 March and said that they tried to increase the green space in the region by planting these trees.

The tree planted area consists of 120 decares. Tree planting is expected to continue until 4 April, the birthday of Leader Abdullah Öcalan.