The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave its ex-post facto approval for Memoranda of understanding (MoU) signed between India and various countries for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.
The cabinet approval of MoUs related to 13 countries namely, Netherlands, Nepal, Cyprus,Israel, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Tanzania, Surinam, Zambia, Syria, Bhutan, Chile and Mauritius.
The MoU will help in the nature of capacity building, knowledge exchange through visits of scientists and technicians, exchange of genetic resources that aid in development of appropriate technologies and farm practices for enhancing agriculture productivity at farmers’ field. Expertise and technology so developed is applied all over the country as per felt needs, read a PIB release.