Agriculture Ministry signs MoUs with 83 countries for Agri Cooperation

Mar 23: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has signed 83 MoUs/Agreements with other countries for cooperation in Agriculture and allied sectors till date.

The benefits that accrue as a result of such MoUs/Agreements are in the nature of discussions on Market access issues, capacity building, knowledge exchange through visits of scientists and technicians, exchange of genetic resources, etc. that aid in development of appropriate technologies and farm practices for enhancing agriculture productivity at farmers’ field.   Such bilateral forums also facilitate creation of new opportunities for trade in agricultural commodities and B2B potential also. India’s strategic interests are also served through partnerships with other countries.   

List of MoUs/Agreements signed by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and allied sectors:

Signed by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare :-

No of CountriesSl. No. of MoUsName of the countryYear in whichsigned
Africa
11Tanzania16.12.2002
22Zambia21.04.2003
33Mozambique12.05.2003
44Sudan02.06.2006
55Uganda30.05.2007
66Rwanda31.05.2007
77Malawi08.01.2010
88Botswana09.01.2010
99South Africa04.06.2010
1010Madagascar29.02.2016
1111Kenya11.01.2017
Asia
1212Nepal06.12.1991
1313Israel24.12.1993
1414Mongolia16.09.1996
1515Oman05.10.1996
1616Yemen07.12.1996
1717Lao PDR02.05.1997
1818Myanmar25.04.1998
1919Bangladesh22.01.2000
2020Cambodia18.02.2000
2121Thailand09.10.2003
2222Syria15.11.2003
2323Bhutan25.01.2005
2424China28.03.2006
2525Jordan01.12.2006
2626Indonesia01.12.2008
2727Tajikistan07.10.2010
2828Afghanistan14.02.2011
2929Kazakhstan16.04.2011
3030Sri Lanka17.01.2012
Not as country31ITA in Taiwan and TECC in India12.09.2016
3132Japan11.11.2016
3233Kyrgyzstan20.12.2016
3334UAE25.01.2017
3435Palestine16.05.2017
3536Philippines13.11.2017
3637Iran17.02.2018
3738Uzbekistan01.10.2018
3839Maldives17.12.2018
Europe
3940Netherlands27.09.1990
4041Cyprus26.03.1992
4142Turkey31.03.2000
4243Russia03.10.2000
4344Greece05.02.2001
4445Croatia13.11.2002
4546France04.11.2003
4647Romania31.01.2004
4748Belarus16.04.2007
4849Italy06.12.2017
4950Hungary18.01.2008
5051Germany (declaration)12.11.2008
5152Serbia03.03.2009
5253Spain23.04.2009
5354Austria13.09.2010
5455Armenia19.02.2016
5556Lithuania19.07.2016
5657Portugal06.01.2017
5758Poland27.04.2017
North America
5859Canada13.01.2009
5960Surinam17.03.2003
6061Brazil16.04.2008
6162USA16.03.2010
6263Argentina11.09.2010
Others
6364Australia28.02.2012
 65India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA)13.09.2006
Sectoral MoUs
6466New Zealand (for cooperation on Plant Quarantine issues)15.04.1999
6567Mauritius (for Cooperation in Plant Protection and Plant Health)13.10.2009
6668Chile (for Cooperation in Plant Protection and Plant Health)29.04.2008
At Sl. No. 43 of MoUs69Russia (on phytosanitary regulation of mutual supplies of plant products)27.04.2009
At Sl. No. 67 of MoUs70Mauritius (for Cooperation in Cooperative sectors)16.01.2017
      

Signed by Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) :-

No of CountriesName of the countryYear in whichsigned
1Australia19.07.1983
2 Netherlands12.06.1984
3Pakistan04.07.1985
4Iran11.11.1991
5Vietnam31.10.1992
6United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA27.01.1996
   
7Trinidad & Tobago24.01.1997
8Namibia31.08.1998
9Eritrea01.12.2000
10Panama02.02.2001
11Morocco07.12.2004
12Argentina05.07.2006
13Sudan02.06.2006

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