Minister: Azerbaijan ready to cooperate with FAO on multilateral platforms

"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)'s Hand in Hand, Field to Table, Solidarity for Health Initiative and others initiatives provide state-of-the-art guidance for responding to critical factors affecting food security. Azerbaijan joins these initiatives with great enthusiasm and is ready for effective cooperation on multilateral platforms," Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said at the opening of the "Vision for the future: transition to digital agriculture" international conference in Baku, Report informs.

"We attach great importance to working with FAO in the framework of the organization's strategies and programs aimed at strengthening the resilience of the global food security system," the minister said.

According to Karimov, today, Azerbaijan is a country with a rapidly developing economy.

"Our main goal is to develop a national food security system by diversifying the economy.

Our agricultural policy is based on fair and equal principles. This policy is in line with the goals of the FAO 2030 Agenda. For this reason, we have launched the Electronic Agricultural Information System to facilitate access to all services and government support," he added.