Officials should promote food security, and not ensure it

Steadily rising are even the official data on food imports to Azerbaijan. Temporary exception is 2012, when compared to the year 2011 was recorded symbolic decline (1.62 %).
Based on the reports of the State Customs Committee , the results of last year, imports of food products amounted to $ 1 billion 151.8 million ( 7.34 % or $ 78.9 million in comparison with 2012 ) . In January of this year (http://customs.gov.az/files/201401.pdf) considered the customs goods worth $ 535.13 million cost of food products - $ 74.92 million (+ $ 23.7 million, or 46 2 % compared to January last year). In January and increased the proportion of foreign food imports in the total portfolio (14 % vs. 10.75% for December and 8.01 % by February 1 last year).
The largest growth in imports accounted for sugar and sugar (approximately 5.71 thousand -fold compared to January last year, which amounted to $ 12.02 million or 2.25 % in the import basket) when exporting to the amount of $ 13.57 million. Growth import of fats and oils of animal and vegetable origin - 2.15 times (1.72 % of total imports ) . Import of wheat increased by 1.8 times or more, which is 4.69 % of total imports, and imports of fruits and vegetables increased 66.01 %.
There are positions which recorded decline. So , in January , 49.03 % less compared to the same period last year imported meat at 15.39 % - milk , at 27.89 % - butter. But it is not essential for a basket of imported food.
Commenting for Turan the problem of rising food imports , founder of the Center for Economic Research Gubad Ibadoglu noted that the President approved the 2008 State Program "On ensuring safe food products to the population in 2015 " because of stalled formal execution. Led initiatives should not stand officials and peasants interested in qualitative production, storage and timely delivery of products. In addition, the program is not effective because of the huge difference between procurement and retail prices , and also because of unaccounted for customs import flow . So officials controlling the scope, it is advantageous not to help farmers, and put on the flow of business. According to Ibadoglu, unsuccessful examples of administrative regulation of "development" of agriculture are a lot, including 5 state programs "hanging in the air". The last is a formal document signed by Ilham Aliyev on January 16th Order "On additional measures in improving activities of agriculture and the food market."
Doctor of Economics believes that for effective substitution (with few exceptions) of imported food production is necessary to prepare a comprehensive program target. First, we must improve the acreage and all the soil suitable for tillage and pasture, to establish an effective irrigation system , as well as learn from foreign experience of intensive agriculture and livestock . Given the potential (the proportion of food imports in foreign trade is still only 14% ), the government needs to maintain a balance to introduce a system of decentralized management of agriculture. That is, take away the ministries of agriculture, as well as the economy and industry of the features of Soviet rule . It is no secret that the welfare is still recommended and monitored by "senior party comrades ", although the problems are best seen on the ground.
Ibadoglu believes that moving the center of gravity from the shoulders to the shoulders officials cooperated manufacturers, keepers and suppliers will help in real anti-monopoly and corruption. Otherwise, the price mechanism and leverage it will still concentrated in the hands of a single syndicate officials are part- largest landowners, manufacturers, suppliers and importers in one person.
According to the Doctor of Economic Sciences, the Antitrust Code should be put into practice with a mechanism of conflict between the final consumer and the business chain . The government's intention should be more transparent in the execution of commitments to interstate formations. "We need to quickly prepare for accession to the World Trade Organization , to adopt a law " On Cooperation " and to implement it , and to develop the concept of incentive associations of small farms on a cooperative basis . In this case the intervention of large entities in the process of unification is unacceptable and this should be reflected in the concept," he added.  - 17D-