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Cabinet Nod for India-Palestine MoU on Agriculture Cooperation

New Delhi: The Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the MoU signed between India and Palestine on agriculture cooperation.

 

The MoU, signed in May 2017 during the visit of the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs to India, provides for cooperation in the fields of agricultural research, veterinary field including capacity enhancement of Palestinian veterinary services and animal health, irrigation and climate change.

 

It will also be extended to areas such as plant and soil nutrition, exchange of experiences in the field of sanitary and phytosanitary legislation and plant protection. Animal husbandry, modern irrigation technology including exchange of experiences, and training and capacity building, etc. would also come in its purview.

 

Under the MoU, an Agricultural Steering Committee will be constituted to determine the programs and action plans to achieve the objectives provided in the MoU.