The visit of the specialist of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Zevdiye Bishou to Azerbaijan was completed Trend has been told in Scientific-Agrarian Center of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture.
During the visit, he met with the deputy minister of agriculture Bahram Aliyev, held a series of meetings in the scientific-agrarian center of the ministry, visited the enterprises producing seeds of agricultural plants and closely got familiar with the divisions of the Agricultural Ministry.
The primary purpose of the visit was to assist in preparing seed-growing program in Azerbaijan through preparation of recommendations and get acquainted with the system of seed provision in the agrarian sphere of the country.
He will prepare a report regarding the same sphere in ECO countries, including Azerbaijan.
The visit of the specialist was made within the joint cooperation program for sustainable development of agriculture in Central Asia and south Caucasus.
On September 16, the coordinator of ICARDA for Central Asian and South Caucasian regions Rajendra Paroda will arrive in Baku to hold the monitoring of the project directed towards increasing the revenues of farmers through effective management of water and land.
ICARDA was founded in 1977 and its headquarter is located in Aleppo (Syria).