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Certain privileges should be given to farmers for agriculture development

21 November 2014 [13:14] - TODAY.AZ

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By Aynur Jafarova

Azerbaijan should give certain privileges to the farmers for the development of agriculture in the country. To this end, it is expedient to allocate long-term loans to the farmers.

This offer was voiced by member of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan party Siyavush Novruzov at a plenary session on November 19.

He noted today Russia’s example shows how the food security is important for a country. “The conditions of giving an auto loan should differ from the terms of a loan allocated to a citizen for agricultural purposes,” Novruzov added.

Member of the Parliament Fazail Aghamali, in tun, offered to increase the customs duty on the import of fruits and vegetables from abroad.

He said it is obvious that Azerbaijan is able to fully meet the population’s needs in vegetables and fruits.

“The country should increase the customs duty on these products in order to preserve the stability of the domestic market,” Aghamali added.

The MP believes the government should pay significant attention to the development of agriculture in the country.

“It is necessary to give privileges to the industrial production goods and to pay particular attention to the establishment of processing enterprises,” he stressed.

The agricultural sector is important not only for increasing Azerbaijan's export potential, but also for restoring and protecting the country's food security. Protecting the quality and price of food stuff produced in Azerbaijan and producing them in accordance with quality standards are among the main priorities of the country's food security.

Azerbaijan is meeting the population's demands for meat products by 90 percent, poultry meat by 81 percent, eggs by 80 percent, dairy products by 75 percent, vegetable oil by 65 percent, and butter by 50 percent through local production.

The volume of fruits and vegetable supplies, which are the basis of Azerbaijan's agricultural export, has increased by 34.3 percent in the first nine month of 2014 compared to the same period last year.

In general, Azerbaijan has experienced strong growth of all indicators of agricultural development in the last ten years. The total volume of production of agricultural goods increased by 3.4 times, and the volume of investment made in Azerbaijan's agriculture increased by 15 times, and the average monthly wage of workers of this sector boosted by 9 times in the mentioned period.

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