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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ahmet Bağcı attended the 17th Berlin Conference of Ministers of Agriculture held in Germany and held talks on international agricultural cooperation and sustainable bioeconomy.
In the 34-point final declaration published at the end of the conference, the importance of food security, conflict zones and bioeconomy was emphasised.
Bağcı met with Ludmila Catlabuga, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova and Rezq Salimia, Minister of Agriculture of Palestine at the conference organised within the scope of the Global Forum on Food and Agriculture (GFFA).
During the meetings, issues of information sharing in agriculture and co-operation to enhance trade were discussed.
Bağcı also held bilateral meetings with representatives of other countries and international organisations participating in the conference in order to improve existing relations and cooperation with Türkiye in the field of agriculture.
Ahmet Bağcı also met with Raimund Jehle, Regional Programme Leader of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.
Bioeconomy…
The 17th Berlin Conference of Ministers of Agriculture was held this year with the theme ‘Shaping a Sustainable Bioeconomy’.
Agriculture ministers, deputy ministers, business people, scientists and representatives from non-governmental organisations from 77 countries attended the conference.
In the sessions of the conference, sustainable biomass production, sustainable utilisation of biomass, combating the worsening climate crisis, fostering innovation and ensuring fair framework conditions for a sustainable bio-economy were discussed.
Final declaration…
Following the 17th Berlin Conference of Agriculture Ministers, the most important political event of the Global Food and Agriculture Forum, a 34-point final declaration was published.
The declaration, which expressed great concern about the increasing conflicts in the world that have an impact on food security and nutrition, emphasised the need for ‘reliable, sustained, adequate and unhindered access to food for civilians in conflict zones such as Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Palestine (especially Gaza), Yemen and Lebanon’.
The declaration underlined that a sustainable bioeconomy is key to transforming the world economy, together with a sustainable, resilient and inclusive circular economy, as a contribution to achieving sustainable consumption and production patterns that include renewable resources and respect the planet.
“We recognise that the high demand for biomass for food and non-food applications can lead to conflicts of interest, creating competition between different end-users for the use of natural resources such as land or water. We need to prevent and mediate these conflicts.”
