Uzbekistan hosted the 7th Economic Cooperation Organisation’s (ECO) Agriculture Ministers meeting.
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dursun Oğuz who represented the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at the meeting highlighted the importance of achieving sustainable agriculture as more and more arable land is being lost across the world.
Addressing the meeting attended by agriculture ministers from Türkiye, Azerbaijan, İran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Minister Dursun Oğuz said that the pandemic had shown large countries how important agriculture and agricultural activities were.
He said that due to the growing demand and low supply, many countries were forced to obtain higher quantity and quality agricultural produce from smaller areas of land.
Oğuz said that investments and research into biotechnologies to increase agricultural productivity were continuing in the country.
Also drawing attention to the issue of food security, Minister Oğuz said that the Animal Eradication Project which is aimed to create sustainable husbandry and livestock farming in the TRNC was continuing.