Emphasis on the Role of Innovation in Enhancing Food Security

The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Yassine Walid, emphasized the importance of enhancing scientific research and innovation to address the challenges facing the agricultural sector, calling for the valorization of research results and their transformation into practical solutions that increase production efficiency and improve quality. This was during his supervision, alongside the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kamel Badari, of the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Algerian National Institute of Agricultural Research. The minister stressed the need to focus on the priorities of the sector, especially improving the yield per hectare, modernizing mechanization to reduce labor shortages and avoid crop loss, in addition to developing seeds that are compatible with the specificities of different production areas, and adopting irrigation techniques...