Nepal and Pakistan
during the Joint Working Group on Agriculture in Islamabad today agreed to
exchange germplasm, agricultural mechanisation, bioremediation of sewerage and
waste water and land resources.
A five
members Nepal-Pak Joint Working Group
(JWG) on Agriculture during its first meeting also agreed to enhance
co-operation in water management, bio-fertiliser, and fertiliser use
efficiency, integrating alternative energy and high efficiency irrigation
system.
The Nepali delegation
led by joint secretary at the Ministry of Agricultural Development Rajendra
Prasad Adhikari and Pakistani delegation led by director general of National
Agricultural Research Centre Dr Muhammad Azeem Khan also agreed to appoint
concerned officials of the two sides as focal persons to establish regular
communications between the two sides.
The
Pakistani experts demanded to lift the ban on the export of poultry products to
Nepal. But Nepal replied that it would be mutually agreed in future as currently
the recent bird flu incidents in Nepal has made it difficult to lift ban for the time being.
In the meeting it was also unanimously
agreed that agriculture co-operation between both the South Asian countries
would be very fruitful. They also discussed that new areas for co-operation might
be added through mutual understanding between the two countries and
communicated through focal persons in future. The Joint Working Group next
meeting will be held in Kathmandu next year on mutually convenient date.
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