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Minister: Creation of cooperatives to reduce agricultural products' cost in Azerbaijan

Business Materials 19 March 2010 15:03 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 19 / Trend U.Ismayilova /

Creation of cooperatives can be a serious stimulus for the development of agricultural sector in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Ismet Abbasov said.

"The organization of co-production can lead to a serious increase in the volume of agricultural production in Azerbaijan," the minister said.

According to Abbasov, presently, serious work is done to create cooperatives in northern areas, especially in Khachmaz region of Azerbaijan, but it is very important to establish them throughout the country.

The Minister believes that the combination of several farmers with 5, 10 or 100 hectares of land, conduct of a joint management, use of the same equipment, a mechanism for irrigation and other works, will eventually lead to lowering the cost of agricultural products.

The Azerbaijani Parliament plans to discuss the bill "About agricultural cooperation" this year.

Cooperative is a type of cooperation, bringing together rural producers for joint cultivation, use of machinery or production of agricultural products, based on partial or complete socialization of the productive and labor means in agricultural activities.

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