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India, New Zealand Agree to Increase Cooperation in
Agriculture
New Delhi, March 25, 2008
India and New Zealand today agreed to increase cooperation in
agriculture and sort out issues relating to bio-security at
the earliest.
In the delegation-level discussions held here,
Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar proposed to have an
‘umbrella agreement’ to raise level of cooperation and expand
cooperation into a range of issues in the agriculture sector. |
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The Agriculture, Bio-Security, Fisheries and Forestry Minister
of New Zealand Jim Anderton is on a visit to India on the
invitation of the Agriculture Minister Pawar.
India and New Zealand already have an MoU on plant quarantine
issues. A tripartite MoU among Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, Land Care Research and Massey University, New
Zealand is also being discussed and will be signed as soon as
all the clearances are available. The proposed umbrella
agreement between Ministry of Agriculture, India and Ministry
of Agriculture, New Zealand will cover agriculture and allied
activities including food processing, agricultural research,
phytosanitary issues relating to trade in plants and animal
products, engagement of private sector of both the countries
and exchange of information in the areas of mutual interest.
The proposed agreement would supplement other efforts being
made by the two governments to strengthen cooperation and
encourage trade.
Sharad Pawar and Anderton agreed that there is tremendous
potential for cooperation between the two countries
considering complementarity between agriculture, horticulture,
environment and related areas.
The visiting New Zealand team is scheduled to hold discussions
with the Agriculture Minister of Maharashtra later this week.
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