BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 9. The UN Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting Azerbaijan in
exporting its meals merchandise all over the world, Muhammad Nasar Hayat,
FAO consultant in Azerbaijan, instructed Trend.
“Azerbaijan is importing quite a lot of meals, particularly wheat and
meat. If costs improve, then the provision and consumption of
these things could also be affected. Azerbaijan is a rustic wealthy with
assets, it has sufficient to feed its inhabitants. But, nonetheless, the
meals stability, what we produce and what we devour, wants
enchancment. We have to rely much less on imports,” he mentioned.
According to FAO consultant, Azerbaijan has actually good meals
merchandise that may be exported to different nations across the
world.
“Fruits in Azerbaijan, for example, are very top quality, and,
at giant, are organically produced. These issues create a market
for particular Azerbaijani merchandise that we have to take out of the
nation to earn extra for the farmers that have interaction in agriculture,”
Nasar Hayat mentioned.
He added that FAO is supporting the federal government of Azerbaijan in
phrases of meals security, requirements, enhancing productiveness, packaging,
labeling – the whole lot that’s essential to entry the worldwide
market.
Azerbaijan is a member of FAO since October 20, 1995. The
co-ordination workplace will perform the Office of the Partnership
and Co-operation in Azerbaijan from autumn 2015.
