THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR AGVICLTURAL AND PASTORAL ACTIVITY IN THE CITY OF ZLITEN DURING THE ROYAL ERA (1951_1969)

Abstract

Agriculture and livestock are the main source of the economy of Libya in the royal era especially in the stage before  the emergence of oil and the start of its export and a city whose residents depended on this economic aspect to  achieve self- sufficiency and as it represented a labor market for the workforce in the seasons of plowing and harvesting or in grazing and here it was necessary to the government has to pay attention to this economic  activity as it sought to provide all available possibilities to help farmers and animal owners  so it provided pumps encouraged rural residents to stay in their areas and not migrate to cities and established agricultural roads to facilitate the process of transferring agricultural crops it also announced the farmers from the taxes they risked whether were agricultural or animal taxes on the livestock side it embarked on a project to distribute feed to breeders to help them raise animals in the dry seasons especially since the city pastures depended on rain and it also dug many drinking wells for animals in the citys pastures diseases that infect animals.