H.E. Mr. Mohammed Yahya Maroofi, ECO Secretary General accompanied by related ECO Officials held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Brian Sanders, Ambassador of New Zeeland, Professor John G. Hampton, Director of Seed Research Center of Lincoln University, New Zealand, Dr. Majid Dehghan Shoar, Managing Director, Seed Service International Ltd. and Dr. Samad Mobasser, Seed & Plant Certification & Registration Institute (SPCRI) on April 20, 2011, at the ECO Secretariat. At the outset, H.E. Maroofi informed the delegation about various ECO activities in the fields of trade, transport, agriculture etc. Afterwards, a detailed discussion was held on ECO Regional Programme for food security in particular ECO seed cooperation and two projects proposed by Seed Research Center of Lincoln University, New Zealand and Seed Service International Ltd. namely “Ensuring Supply and Security of Genetically Pure Pre-basic Seed for Improved Food Security” and “Sustainable Sheep Production Improvement in the ECO Region”.
The following topics were deliberated and agreed during the meeting;
1. Above mentioned project proposals will be discussed at technical level in detail and after finalization will be submitted to the possible donors for financial assistance. Training workshops in New Zealand with financial support of New Zealand Government may constitue a good start for the projects.
2. New Zeland as a country of great achivements in the fields of
agriculture and animal husbandry may also contribute agriculture and food security related ECO activities.
Relavant ECO officials and Professor John G. Hampton, Dr. Majid Dehghan Shoar and Dr. Samad Mobasser held their first meeting immediately after the meeting and will soon finalize the drafts in consultation with ECO member countries.
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