The Minister of Agriculture represents Iraq with an international conference in China to combat des

The Minister of Agriculture represents Iraq with an international conference in China to combat desertification

Ministry of Agriculture announced, Wednesday, said the minister , Falah Hassan Zaidan , such as Iraq , the Conference of the parties in China to combat desertification, indicating that the minister agreed to implement projects with the support of the United Nations and donor funds. "Iraq participated in the meetings of the 13th Conference of the Parties in China on the Convention to Combat Desertification, where Iraq represented at the conference, Minister of Agriculture Falah Hassan Zaidan and Director General of the Department of Forestry and Desertification Ruaia Mezal." The ministry said in a statement received by Alsumaria News.





"The conference was held in the presence of the Prime Minister of China and the ministers and ambassadors of the countries participating in the agreement. The importance of the support of the UN Secretariat to Iraq was highlighted as one of the countries within the arid and semi-arid regions, The negative effects represented by the sand dunes creep on strategic projects such as farms, irrigation channels and traffic routes, causing serious damage that threatens human life and health, in addition to the decline of natural vegetation cover and degradation of pastures due to climate change, and Iraq is one of the To the Parties to this Convention since 2006 ". The ministry added that "



"The Ministry of Agriculture and its agricultural departments in Baghdad and the governorates continue to provide their efforts to develop the agricultural sector, both vegetative and animal, including combating desertification and sand crawling towards agricultural lands and participating in international conferences to open up to the agricultural world and overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of promoting agricultural work and mobilizing support International efforts to enable Iraq to solve the problem of desertification. " "The minister met on the sidelines of the conference with the Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Convention, Monique Barbott, and it was agreed to implement projects supported by the United Nations and the donor funds. The meeting was also attended by the Director General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and the representative of the Saudi and Kuwaiti governments. By Arab countries in combating desertification and land degradation in addition to drought and dust and sand storms. "



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