From May 13 to 15, Tunisia will play host to the eighth technical congress of Arab Agricultural Engineers Union on "Arab Complementarity in Developing Farming Education and its Role in Achieving Food Security."
Representatives from 14 Arab countries mainly Tunisia Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen, Palestine and Kuwait are taking part in this event.
On the occasion, a press briefing was held on Friday in Tunis during which Mr. Ghallem Dabbech, Chairman of the Tunisian Engineers Order Council said that this Congress is held with the support of the Arab League.
The Environment and Housing Department stemming from the Arab League, the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the General Union of Arab Farmers and the Arab Association of Economics and Social Sciences will contribute to the congress works.
Issues related to "environment education in Arab universities and institutes," "farming education programs in the service of strategic goals of sustainable development in the past two decades," "development of agricultural training program and its impact on agricultural development," and "agricultural education programs and private sector's needs in the Arab world", will be presented during the congress.
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