Kazakhstan and United Nations to sign projects in agriculture
Kazakhstan plans to sign two projects in the field of food and agriculture in the near future under the Partnership Program with FAO
Kazakhstan and United Nations to sign projects in agriculture. This was announced by Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Investment Promotion of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Iskander Mukhlisov during a regional seminar on the activities of FAO in Azerbaijan, Turanews.kz reports.
According to Mukhlisov, the joint projects are aimed at reducing food losses and food waste in the countries of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Türkiye, as well as improving the efficiency of raising small cattle in order to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions.
“The implementation of the projects will have a positive multiplier effect, on the one hand, to use pasture resources more optimally and efficiently, to develop a forage base, to get a higher quality gain. And on the other hand, it will increase employment of the rural population, stable tax receipts, the creation of new family-type farms and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” Mukhlisov said, noting that that all these goals and objectives are also reflected in the National Agricultural Development Project for 2021-2025.
According to the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, with the assistance of FAO, 14 projects have already been implemented in Kazakhstan, work is underway on 11 projects, and 21 are at the stage of developing project documents.
“The projects cover various thematic areas with a budget of $35.9 million, raised both from FAO’s own funds and its partners. These are the Global Environment Facility, the EBRD, the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund and others,” the speaker added.
Kazakhstan and FAO had signed the Partnership Program in 2015 and the program has the status of a law which one’s financing is expected in the near future.
On January 24, Baku hosted a regional seminar on the theme “FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programs (FTPP)” with the participation of representatives from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, aimed at exchanging experience and knowledge on improving food security, reducing rural poverty and strengthening potential in the field of forestry, natural resources, desertification and sustainable development.
From the Kazakh side, Iskander Mukhlisov, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Investment Promotion of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alibi Gaziz, Director of the Republican Center for Forest Breeding and Seed Production of the Ministry of Ecology, as well as Zhanyl Bozayeva, FAO regional representative in Kazakhstan, took part in the event.
