FAO Supporting Government Of Azerbaijan In Field Of Water Protection
Date
5/30/2023 10:09:04 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 30. The UN Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) is ready to continue working with
the government of Azerbaijan in the field of water resources
protection, Deputy Representative of FAO in the country Bariz
Mehdiyev said at the II Caspian Water Innovation Forum, trend reports.
According to Mehdiyev, FAO in Azerbaijan, together with
colleagues from foreign countries, is implementing projects aimed
not only at protecting water resources, but also at their formation
and efficient use.
"Today, we have two projects in this sector, in particular, a
project on strengthening water resources management, within which
we share information with the government of Azerbaijan on world
experience and practice in applying methods for effective water
management and strengthening human resources," he noted.
"Besides, within the framework of this project, specialists from
Türkiye and Israel were involved in Azerbaijan, and we are focused
on cooperation in the water sector in the future," Mehdiyev
added.
Azerbaijan became the member of FAO on October 20, 1995.
FAO implements national, regional and global projects in
Azerbaijan. Those projects basically envisage the development of
agriculture, strengthening food security, increasing potential and
managing resources, fighting against animal and plant diseases,
equipment and other relevant areas of technical assistance. In
general, during each biennium two or three new projects are
initiated to be implemented in Azerbaijan in the framework of
FAO.
The projects of FAO in Azerbaijan are based on Technical
cooperation programs in accordance with the appeals on the
prioritized needs of the Government of Azerbaijan.
Since 2009, the Government of Azerbaijan and FAO have started
the process of preparing assistance programs in order to provide
possible technical assistance by FAO in the field of the
development of agriculture in Azerbaijan. For this purpose, the
Framework Document on National Medium Term Priorities of FAO was
prepared for Azerbaijan and is being regularly updated according to
the priorities of Azerbaijan.
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