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Azerbaijan is now in phase of planning of agricultural development in liberated territories - President Ilham Aliyev

Azerbaijan is now in phase of planning of agricultural development in liberated territories - President Ilham Aliyev

06-05-2022

In general, agricultural development in Azerbaijan is one of the priorities for our government, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said during reception of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director General Qu Dongyu in a video format on May 6, Trend reports.

"Because first, it is food security which is important now for every country, maybe more than several years ago. And second for us it is important part of our non-energy related export which is growing. Three months of this year growth in non-energy export in Azerbaijan was 45 percent. Of course, it is important for employment, because almost half of our population live in rural areas. Therefore, agriculture for these people is a main source of their income. Probably you know about our reforms, about the subsidies, about the support the government provides to farmers. Farmers are free from any taxes, including land tax. And also soft low interest loans which we provide to farmers. All this creates opportunities for rapid development of agriculture but of course, we need to plan everything properly, especially now after the liberation of territories and to apply modern technologies. So, there will be a lot of things to discuss and I am really very glad that we have this opportunity to talk and to see what else we can do jointly," said the head of state.

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