A series of meetings with women farmers held
23 June 2021
- On 21-22 June, a series of meetings with women engaged in agriculture was held within the framework of the FAOAzerbaijan Partnership Programme, "Rural Women´s Economic Empowerment” project. Meetings were conducted in Gadabay, Agstafa and Tovuz regions.
The purpose of the meetings was to find out how women farmers can be benefited from the support provided with the project and to listen to their suggestions in order to determine the support that can be provided in the future.
On 21 June, at the meeting held in Gadabay district, the event was attended by Ibrahim Mustafayev, Head of Gadabay District Executive Power, Leyla Mammadova, AKIA Deputy Chairman, Teymur Nagibeyli, AKİA Head of Sector for Cooperation with International Organizations and Financial Institutions, Namig Mammadov, Head of FAO-Azerbaijan Partnership Program and Flora Poladova, Project Manager. The participants discussed the measures to be taken to expand the project's activities in the region as well as to develop agriculture in the region.
It should be noted that the WEP project is being implemented in 12 regions of Azerbaijan (Gazakh, Agstafa, Tovuz, Agdam, Tartar, Gadabay, Shamakhi, Ismayilli, Sheki, Gakh, Zagatala, Balakan) and currently about 250 women benefit from this project. The main goal of the project is to support rural women to increase their knowledge and skills in innovative technologies and market access, to get equal access to economic opportunities, as well as to improve food security by developing small farms.
The project implementing under the FAO-Azerbaijan Partnership Programme and is being carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Agrarian Credit and Development Agency (AKIA) under the Ministry of Agriculture.
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