"The European Union's 'Med9' states' agriculture ministers called for a "holistic approach" to water, ensuring that the region's inhabitants can live sustainably and be insulated against water scarcity", Cyprus' Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said.
Speaking after a visit alongside her eight counterparts to a hydroponic farm in Ormidia and the sewage works in Ayia Napa, she said the ministers aimed to issue a joint communique on water scarcity.
Such a joint communique, she said, should "send a strong message" about all nine countries' aims to ensure the region's inhabitants' "resilience and sustainability in the face of water scarcity".
In addition, she said, she hopes to simplify processes related to the agriculture sector and have "fewer bureaucratic procedures", with the aim of "our farmers having access to the infrastructure and the new technology and of course a fund from which we will be able to draw resources to support our farmers who are under pressure."
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