FAO: $50M projects implemented within Türkiye Partnership Program in 10 years

Within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Türkiye Partnership Program, projects worth $50 million covering Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries have been implemented in the last 10 years, Bariz Mehdiyev, Deputy Representative of the FAO in Azerbaijan, said at the Second Turkic States Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum and Exhibition held in Baku, Report informs.

Mehdiyev said that the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Program is currently ongoing: "These projects are being prepared in accordance with the specific problems of each country in the agricultural sector. For example, one of the main problems in Central Asian countries is related to water. As FAO, we are trying to bring effective practices that have been successfully applied in the world to these countries."

Touching upon the partnership between FAO and Azerbaijan, he recalled that the FAO office in Azerbaijan has been operating since 2015: "Our activities are carried out within the framework of both mutual cooperation programs with countries and regional and global projects. Using the example of Azerbaijan, I would like to note that our partnership program with the Azerbaijani government is currently ongoing, and projects have been developed in various sectors of agriculture within the framework of this program."