Held on the sidelines of his participation in the 43rd session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the meeting provided an opportunity to examine ways of consolidating agricultural collaboration between the two countries at the economic, technical and scientific levels.
The Moroccan Minister highlighted the Kingdom’s agricultural potential and the various Moroccan achievements and strategies advocating sustainable transformation of food systems and optimal management of water resources, expressing his willingness to work together with Uganda on a number of issues of common interest.
For his part, the Ugandan minister said he was “interested” in the Moroccan experience in irrigation and fertilization, and expressed his desire to consolidate Moroccan-Ugandan cooperation in order to seize mutual opportunities in both countries.
The talks also addressed a number of issues of common interest, including value chains, agricultural production, training and research, the blue economy, irrigation and food systems.