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Baku to host FAO 28th regional conference and 37th meeting of European Commission on Agriculture on April 17-20

10 April 2012 14:38 (UTC +04:00)

According to Ministry of Agriculture, on April 16, European Non-Governmental Organizations/Civil Society Consultation event will be held in Baku.

Ministry of Agriculture will host the 28th regional conference. Officials of 53 European and Central Asian member-state of FAO, EC will attend the conference. UN other organizations, several Intergovernmental and International Non-Governmental Organizations were invited to the conference as supervisor.

European Commission on Agriculture is a preparatory event for Regional Conference on Europe. The 37th meeting will be held on April 17-18, 2012, and the agenda includes discussion of the Working Program and Budget of the organization for 2012-2013, as well debuts on land and gender equality.

The regional conference aims to approve the FAO Working Program and Budget for 2012-2013, determination of priorities for region in agriculture, forestry and fishing spheres for 2014-2015.

On April 19, a ministerial round table on â€œPolicies on food safety in the region, perspectives and difficulties in this sphere â€“ condition of the food in 2050â€ will be held.

Several parallel events to be provide the debuts and discussions among the delegations and supervisors from the member states will be organized during the conference week.