Ibrahim Bougali: Food security is the basis of any renaissance – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazaeryia

The President of the People’s National Assembly, Ibrahim, affirmed that food security is the basis of any renaissance, and the backbone of national sovereignty that our country is restoring to be an effective figure in the international arena, so we cannot talk about any sovereignty if the livelihood of our citizens is linked to the food we import, and the saying has been true. The adage “There is no good in a nation that eats what it does not produce and wears what it does not weave.”

The President of the National People’s Assembly, during his speech on the parliamentary day organized by the Parliamentary Group of the National Construction Movement under the slogan “For a national strategy to ensure sustainable food security,” stated that Algeria today and the plans it has drawn for comprehensive development realize the crucial role of food in achieving multiple security. Dimensions, and there is no taking off unless our wealth is controlled, and agriculture comes at the forefront of all of them, and Algeria is a continent country, sprawling, diverse in climate, and rich in its geographical diversity. The program of Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the President of the Republic, did not ignore it, and he gave this sector great importance and priority in the ranking, which made us take great strides and achieve a level of production that reduced the import bill and saved hard currency, which encourages moving forward in this direction, and what has been achieved In a short time, it opens the doors towards controlling more production that guarantees self-sufficiency, and even to exporting products within the framework of creating wealth alternative to oil rents, which remained until recently. b The only reliable source for the living of the static.

Boghali said, “The new orientation of the new Algeria has created opportunities to achieve the aspired goals, allowing for reliance on alternative wealth, and its effectiveness has been proven. It is the appropriate climate to reach all the set goals, and the conditions for achieving the goals have met, foremost of which is the political will and determination to win the bet, in addition to that the availability of the human element capable of raising the challenge, given that the person is the capital of any developmental renaissance work.

Bogali added, “The world has experienced a state of confusion and volatility as a result of the pandemic, and as a result of climatic changes, which led to a decline in global food, which resulted in an increase in material prices, which inevitably leads to an increase in fears of its impact on the stability and comprehensive security of peoples, and Algeria, which is I faced this with many necessary and appropriate procedures and measures, working to immunize society from a shortage of materials, relying on investing in the agriculture and agriculture sector, and exploiting the wealth of the land that God has endowed us with its bounties. Food prices and their scarcity in the market is to enhance national production.”

And he added, “The road map (2020-2024) included in the government’s action program derived from the program of the President of the Republic focuses on the efforts made in developing desert agriculture, and for this purpose the Office for the Development of Industrial Agriculture in the Desert was established with the aim of accompanying entrepreneurs in the south of the country and allowing They can take advantage of the advantages contained in the relevant laws, namely the new agricultural policy that aims to promote the green economy in order to rationalize the management of natural resources. Sprinkler and drip irrigation systems have been applied on a level of about 939,200 hectares, or 64% of the total irrigated area. In the context of sustainable development, the sector has been encouraging since 2020 the use of renewable energies at the level of agricultural investments located in the high plateaus and the south.

The first official of the lower chamber of Parliament explained that the new strategy for the sector has included the forestry branch, which contributes to diversifying the economy and improving the incomes of the population, especially rural residents, through the creation of “green jobs.” What the sector decided is to rely on the university as an important partner in promoting innovation and research, especially in The field of environmentally friendly fertilizers and pesticides, as well as in the field of innovative technological solutions.