AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, October 5. A panel
discussion on state support mechanisms in agriculture has begun in
Azerbaijan's Aghdam district as part of the 100th Anniversary
Agribusiness Festival, Trend's Karabakh bureau reports.
The panel, organized by the Agricultural Innovation Center of
the Ministry of Agriculture, is the 25th in a series of discussions
held in the regions.
The panel brings together Minister of Agriculture Majnun
Mammadov, Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan in
Aghdam, Fuzuli and Khojavand districts Emin Huseynov, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Agro Dairy LLC Niyazi Amirbayov, and
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AzerShakar Nasib
Islamzade.
The discussion focuses on the targets set out in the State
Program for the Development of Production and Processing of
Agricultural, Fishery and Aquaculture Products in Azerbaijan for
2026-2030, as well as state support mechanisms being implemented in
this area.
The panel also covers opportunities created for agricultural
development in the liberated territories, reconstruction efforts in
Aghdam, the Great Return process, the district's agricultural
potential, and efforts to attract entrepreneurs to the region.
The State Program for the Development of Production and
Processing of Agricultural, Fishery and Aquaculture Products in
Azerbaijan for 2026-2030 was approved by a presidential decree
dated May 25, 2026.
On September 7, the Agricultural Subsidies Council approved new
state support mechanisms. Under the decision, new subsidy
mechanisms and changes to subsidy conditions were approved in line
with the State Program's targets of increasing agricultural
productivity and production, expanding the use of modern irrigation
technologies, promoting processing and export-oriented production,
improving livestock breeds, and strengthening the country's food
security.
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