The Uzbek delegation comprising the Ministries of Agriculture, of Natural Resources, Tashkent State Agrarian University, and the FAO Country Office in Uzbekistan attended a regional workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan, that reflected on the outcomes of recently implemented projects of the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programs. So far, the Central Asian republic is involved in eight regional projects.
'We very much appreciate the ongoing FTPP projects that enhance food security and reduce rural poverty and vulnerability', Ramin Gasanov, Director of the Department of Monitoring IFI's and Grant Projects of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Agriculture said in a workshop.
Sherzod Umarov, Assistant FAO Representative in Uzbekistan said that all the FTPP projects are aligned with the FAO-Uzbekistan Country Programming Framework 2021-2025 and the country’s national priorities addressed in the respective sub-sectors to achieve sustainable agriculture development and food security.
'In this regard, the FAO Country Office in Uzbekistan is doing its best to contribute to this vigorous collaborative process by assisting in setting national priorities and ensuring well-aligned implementation of the FTPP strategies together with national partners and other stakeholders,' Sherzod Umarov stressed.
Reportedly, participants of the Regional Workshop agreed that the resulting regional collaboration and synergies enable the FTPP to function as a powerful support mechanism for achieving the SDGs, particularly, the No Poverty and Zero Hunger goals.