Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar, has left for Kuala Lumpur to participate in the third ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture. He will address the meet tomorrow.
The 2nd Ministerial Meeting was held in New Delhi in October 2012. After that, a number of exchanges between researchers and policy makers have taken place. A group of farmers also recently visited Malaysia under the cooperation.
The meeting is expected to strengthen cooperation between the ASEAN nations and India. The ASEAN and India have, in the recent years, worked on many areas of cooperation, especially in research and education. These include:
• Fellowships for higher education in the field of agriculture and allied sciences
• Exchange of scientists between agricultural education, research and extension institutions of ASEAN member states and India
• Information Technology Applications for Agricultural Extension (e-Extension)
• Organic certification for fruit and vegetables
• Organizing and implementing an effective National Seed Quality Control System, and
• Spatial and temporal dynamics of avian influenza viruses in wild and aquatic migratory birds of India.
Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)
The 2nd Ministerial Meeting was held in New Delhi in October 2012. After that, a number of exchanges between researchers and policy makers have taken place. A group of farmers also recently visited Malaysia under the cooperation.
The meeting is expected to strengthen cooperation between the ASEAN nations and India. The ASEAN and India have, in the recent years, worked on many areas of cooperation, especially in research and education. These include:
• Fellowships for higher education in the field of agriculture and allied sciences
• Exchange of scientists between agricultural education, research and extension institutions of ASEAN member states and India
• Information Technology Applications for Agricultural Extension (e-Extension)
• Organic certification for fruit and vegetables
• Organizing and implementing an effective National Seed Quality Control System, and
• Spatial and temporal dynamics of avian influenza viruses in wild and aquatic migratory birds of India.
Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)
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