NEW DELHI (Commodity Online):  India and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of agriculture. The MoU was signed between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust (GART), an autonomous and self-sustaining Public Private Partnership organization created by the Government of Zambia and the Zambia National Farmers Union.

The MoU is signed by Dr Mangala Rai, Secretary DARE & DG, ICAR and Dr Stephen W Muliokela, Director, GART here today. Signing the agreement, Dr. Rai said, it will be implemented through development of biennial Work Plans to be developed jointly, which describe specifically the activities to be carried out under this Cooperative Programme and which set forth the intended contributions of each party.
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The Council and GART inspired by their common objectives to promote and accelerate the progress of research and development including training in various disciplines of agricultural research in general in particular those relevant to both the Council and GART.

ICAR and GART agreed to promote cooperation in the field, exchange of scientists and technologies; exchange of germplasm and breeding material; exchange of scientific literature, information and methodology; exchange of scientific equipment as available and required in programme of common interest as may be mutually agreed upon; Both also agreed to develop and implement the collaborative research projects, the areas and methodology to be as mutually agreed upon and subject to IPR.

This Memorandum of Understanding will be implemented through biennial Work Plans to be developed jointly. A Joint Working Group will be set up with representatives from the both Parties to meet once in two years alternately in New Delhi and Lusaka to follow up the execution of this MoU and suggest necessary measures for its development. The broad objectives of GART are translated into two science and technology programmes, respectively on conservation farming and on smallholder livestock development.

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