OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-organized the second Uzbekistan Global Agro Forum

On 15 June 2021, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, co-organized the second Uzbekistan Global Agro Forum on “sustainable agriculture and smart technologies: innovation, science and education”.

The event was held in the framework of the country's largest international exhibition of agriculture called AgroWorld Uzbekistan. Recent developments in agriculture and food security as well as the promotion of co-operation, partnerships and dialogue in advancing sustainability in agriculture practices through digitalization and innovation was the focus of the event.

340 delegates, more than a third of whom were women, high-level panel speakers, representatives of international businesses and organizations and mass media participated in the forum.

In his welcoming speech, Mathieu Lemoine, Acting Head of Mission and Senior Project Officer, emphasized the significant role of digitalization in transforming the global economy and generating innovations. He stressed that “over the last several years, the PCUz has been actively supporting digital tools in agriculture, which falls under the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Commitments”. 

It was supported by the PCUz project “Support to strengthening of the capacities of small and medium business in agricultural sector through promotion of digital services 2021”.