His optimism for the course and prospects for the modernization and reconstruction of our agricultural sector, expressed the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis, speaking at the 1st Pancyprian Conference on: "Rural Development from Research to Practice."
The Conference was organized by the National Rural Network, the Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural Research Institute and the Cyprus University of Technology.
In his address, Mr. Kadis said that the Conference proves that our country can promote and exploit research results in the field of agriculture and expressed his conviction that the results of the Conference will be used in the most appropriate way to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector of Cyprus.
He said that the themes of the Conference, which are the environment and agriculture, the introduction and use of new technologies and the role of agriculture in the food industry, are interwoven with the strategic objectives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, as well as with the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.
Nowadays, the Minister said, agriculture has a broad role to play, as it is directly linked to the protection of the environment, the conservation of natural resources and the production of safe and quality food, especially ensuring food security is a major and emerging challenge due to the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At the same time, he continued, the practice of agriculture in our time no longer depends not only on manpower, but also on familiarity with the use of new technologies and the application of innovations.
Therefore, he added, actions such as this Conference provide an opportunity for institutions and individuals involved in applied research to present the results of research work related to Cypriot agriculture and to exchange views with rural development agencies, in order to put the results of research into practice and, consequently, to improve the production process.
Source: KYPE
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