Today, as part of his visit to COP29, Chairman of Azerbaijan's Small and Medium Business Development Agency Orkhan Mammadov visited the pavilion of AZCHEMCO, an Azerbaijani manufacturer of liquid and water-soluble fertilizers.
According to Report, the guests were demonstrated a video about the history of a project to restore saline soils and return them to agriculture, implemented in cooperation between AZCHEMCO and Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Company representatives presented the project's achievements, where laboratory studies by Azelab and Intertek revealed a reduction in soil salinity from 3.6 to 0.3, confirming the possibility of using saline soil in agriculture.
At the end of the visit, Chairman Orkhan Mammadov planted strawberry seedlings in the restored soil.