The President of the Republic stresses the involvement of youth energies in the Green Dam rehabilitation project – Algerian Dialogue

During the Cabinet meeting, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, stressed the importance of involving youth energies in the rehabilitation, expansion and development project of the Green Dam, according to a Cabinet statement.

The statement stated that the President of the Republic, in his comment on a presentation on the rehabilitation, expansion and development of the Green Dam, “stressed the importance of rehabilitating and developing this gain by involving emerging institutions, and opening the way for the employment of young people from the states within the Green Dam area in afforestation operations.”

He also stressed the importance of “striving to diversify forest wealth and plant types of productive trees that can be exploited and consumed,” and “the necessity of involving scientific expertise and scientific research competencies in the rehabilitation and development of the Green Dam, as it is a successful experience for Algeria, in protecting agricultural lands from the phenomenon of desertification and the encroachment of sand towards North.

In this context, the President of the Republic ordered the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development “to involve youth energies in various agricultural fields, because of their creative ideas in developing agriculture, especially with the availability of natural capabilities and all the qualifications that allow for the modernization of the agricultural sector and the achievement of self-sufficiency,” according to the same source.

Regarding the organization of model farms, the President of the Republic commissioned the minister “to prepare a new vision for organizing model farms in terms of the legal and professional framework, define their specializations and desired goals, and involve scientific research in the stages of their restructuring,” according to a Cabinet statement.