Ukraine and India have signed an agreement on cooperation in the fields of agriculture and food industry, which provides for the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation, creation of favorable conditions for market relations and improvement of national food security. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, UNN reports.
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The governments of Ukraine and the Republic of India have signed an agreement on cooperation in agriculture and food industry. The agreement is aimed at expanding mutually beneficial cooperation, creating favorable conditions for market relations and improving national food security. The document was signed by Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi and First Deputy Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Vikram Misra. The agreement was signed in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
The agreement provides for cooperation in the following areas:
- exchange of information on laws, standards and product samples of mutual interest;
- exchange of information between relevant research institutes in the field of agriculture and food industry on scientific and practical activities (fairs, exhibitions, conferences, symposia, etc.);
- conducting joint scientific research on genetics, breeding, biotechnology, plant protection, soil productivity, mechanization, water resources, etc. and mutual application of scientific results;
- exchange of experience in the field of animal husbandry on the basis of modern scientific research and technologies in order to increase highly productive dairy cattle breeds and exchange of genetic resources, etc
- exchange of experience in the field of crop production, in particular cereals and legumes (cultivation technologies, research management, storage, processing and marketing);
- exchange of experience in the field of seed production on the basis of modern technologies and information on certification of seed material;
- cooperation in the field of plant variety examination and protection of plant variety rights exchange of seed samples on favorable terms, including on a give-and-take basis;
- studying the effectiveness and feasibility of implementing various types of irrigation, including micro-irrigation, including drip irrigation;
- conducting research on the effective use of various fertilizers for their further registration;
- cooperation in the field of trade in agricultural and food products;
- promotion of joint ventures and exchange of information on the development of food markets;
- exchange of information and methodology on the effective use of food and packaging technologies;
- cooperation in agricultural research and food safety and standards;
- cooperation in aquaculture and fisheries, in particular: exchange of experience in the field of fish and invertebrate aquaculture technologies, management of the national fund of fishery water bodies of Ukraine and India and their rational use for aquaculture purposes, etc.
The agreement will be valid for five years.
Recall
Ukraine and India have called for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Councilto reflect current global realities and become more effective and efficient in addressing issues of international peace and security.