Media Review for June 27

Ensuring food security, the peculiarities of combating the pandemic, drying up of rivers, and increasing public spending are topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes that food security is the main line of the state. Most of the food is produced domestically. Despite the pandemic and dry weather, growth in the agricultural sector was 2.2%.

For 6 months of 2020, compared with the same period last year, vegetables were produced by 6.2%, fruits and berries - by 5.3%, and potatoes - by 9.7%.

Until now, 1 million 800 thousand tons of grain have been harvested, it is expected that another 100 thousand tons will be harvested.

The yield can drop by 25-40% if the second vegetation irrigation is not carried out in time.

The website Yenisabah.az publishes the opinion of the deputy Musa Guliyev on easing the quarantine regime. He believes that people should not relax. Having noted the positive trend of coronavirus infection in recent days, he believes that it is necessary to continue to observe quarantine and not relax.

The website Oxu.az writes about the Zogalavachay river, which has practically dried up. Residents of Shamakhi experience serious difficulties, since this river is the main source of drinking and industrial water.

The Zogalavachay reservoir is drying up. To solve the problem, repair work is underway in the village of Chukhuryurd. Concrete channels are created.

The website Sfera.az discusses with experts the question of how budget revenues grow during the economic downturn. Experts attribute this to a decrease in the shadow economy. They also consider it important that the public knows where tax and customs revenues come from in a crisis. Transparency and accountability are needed.