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Sri Lanka, Vietnam to boost agricultural co-operation

HANOI, July 15, 2011 (AsiaPulse) - Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed on a number of measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially in agricultural development. During talks between Vietnamese Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and Sri Lankan Minister of Agriculture Mahianda Yapa Abeywardana in Hanoi on July 13, the two sides reviewed the implementation of a memorandum of understanding on agricultural cooperation signed in November, 2006 and discussed future plans of action.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka agreed to boost cooperation in research and the exchange of experts in agricultural science and technology as well as boost agricultural product trading.

The two countries will cooperate in exchanging gene pools and scientific information on black peppercorn, coffee, rambutan, rice and mushroom.

They will jointly develop suitable food and agricultural product processing technologies for rural areas under Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and Global Agricultural Practice (GAP) standards.

The two countries' scientists will visit pest management and organic agricultural development models as well as study

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