AMMAN — Minister of Agriculture Khaled
Al-Hneifat met Tuesday with Director-General of the
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Qu Dongyu to discuss FAO’s continued support to Jordan, to
help it face challenges, especially in the field of food security, Khaberni reported.
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Hneifat said the “rainfall level in the Kingdom
decreased by 40 percent as a result of the climate change, which has
exacerbated the problem of water scarcity in the Kingdom”.
Hneifat briefed the UN official on the goals set in
the national plan for sustainable agriculture, and on the government efforts in
dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing supply chain crisis, which
ensured that Jordan did not suffer from any shortage of goods and continued
productivity.
He also said that, acting according to the Royal
vision, the country had wheat in store, which helped the Kingdom face
challenges, stressing that the King places great stock in the agricultural
sector and the development of the national strategy for food security.
Hneifat praised “the strategic role of FAO and its
continuous cooperation in support of projects that help Jordan face challenges
posed by the increasing number of refugees, climate change and the effects of
the COVID-19 pandemic”, and said that FAO can provide appropriate training for
agricultural workers.
He added that “the ministry dealt with the challenge
of lower rates of rainfall by increasing the number of water harvesting
projects.”
The FAO official said that “we will work together to
establish a regional observatory for food security, in cooperation with the
countries of the region”, noting “the importance of using modern agricultural
methods such as mechanization and digitization, to enhance the resilience of
the sector, and of global sustainable production related to water, soil, seeds
and fertilizers”.
He also stressed the need for sustainable management to
enable the sector to be resilient, and competitive in foreign markets, and to
enhance the role that Jordan can play to face challenges related to food
security locally and regionally.
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