Almaty: The fifth meeting of the Central Asian Working Group on Export Promotion of Agricultural Produce from Central Asia (CAWG) was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan form June 21 to 22, ASIA-Plus reported.
According to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan, the meeting brought together stakeholders from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan to discuss plans for further cooperation.
The aim was to develop coordinated position and vision on promoting commercial quality standards, food safety of agricultural products, increasing the competitiveness of the region and promoting export.
The Participants of the Central Asian Working Group jointly summarized the results so far achieved during 2020 – 2021 and considered the following priorities: proposals for amending current UNECE’s Standards taking into account products exported from the region, drafting the explanatory materials on fresh and dried agricultural products, discuss the strategies and plans for joint activities to enhance knowledge of UNECE’s Standards and food safety (incl. Global GAP) among producers, processors and exporters.
Considering that the promotion of geographical indications (GI) could improve the image of agricultural products in Central Asia, as well as countries in foreign markets, the implementation of the best international practices for the identification and designation of regional agricultural products (GI) was discussed and agreed.
The set of planned marketing activities was aimed at promoting a group of goods, the quality of which was determined by their place of origin and the unique combination of local natural resources and cultural values of the production area – Agencies
