President Joseph inaugurates "Agriculture, the Pulse of the Earth" conference
Under the patronage and presence of President of the Republic Joseph Aoun, the "Agriculture, the Pulse of Life" conference opened this morning at the Beirut Waterfront, attended by scores of Lebanese and Arab ministers and parliamentarians.
The Conference was also attended by prominent figures and dignitaries from the agricultural development sectors.
President Aoun arrived at the conference venue at 10:00 am, where he was received by Lebanon's Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani, and President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council Charles Arbid.
Attending the conference had been a number of Lebanese and Arab officials, including Lebanon's Finance Minister Yassin Jaber and Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh, Jordanian Minister of Agriculture Khaled Musa Al Henefat, Syrian Minister of Agriculture Amjad Badr, and Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Rizq Salmiya.
The Conference was also attended by the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture Louis Lahoud, the Head of the Agriculture and Tourism House Committee MP Ayoub Hmayyed, FAO Representative in Lebanon Veronica Quattrola, FAO Assistant Director- General and Regional Representative for the Near East, AbdulHakim Elwaer, Resident Representative of the World Food Programme in Lebanon Matthew Hollingworth, in addition to scientific and educational figures concerned with agriculture and its sustainability, as well as agricultural experts.
In his delivered word, Economic, Head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council Charles Arabid, emphasized "the importance of agriculture and the challenges it faces in Lebanon and the rest of the world, " highlighting the importance of investing in this sector, notably in assisting farmers and ensuring its sustainability, given its effective and essential role in securing the life cycle.
Agricutlure Minister Nizar Hani delivered a speech in which he outlined the ministry's efforts to assist farmers and its work plan to protect and develop the country's agricultural sector.
Other speeches were also delivered at the conference focusing on "the need to address the challenges and risks facing the agricultural sector in Lebanon and the world, and to find the necessary means to ensure that this sector remains the living pulse of the earth."
Afterwards, two sessions were held, the first focusing on investments and incentives for developing the agricultural sector in Lebanon, and the second one focusing on the development of sustainable agriculture and the future of food security.
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