Best practices for sustainable development of agriculture and the health food industry should be implemented throughout the world, Azerbaijan's Minister of Agriculture Majnun Mammadov told an event dedicated to the opening of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at ADA University.
According to Report, the event is co-organized by ADA and the Office of Partnership and Coordination of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Azerbaijan on the occasion of World Food Day.
"Currently, 2.4 billion people around the world suffer from food insecurity, 783 million people are starving. In recent years, there has been an increase in these figures. A significant proportion of starving people live in rural areas. For sustainable development of rural areas, it is important to ensure access of small and medium-sized farms to popular services, introduction of innovations in this area," he noted.