Ulaanbaatar
Second joint committee meeting between Agricultural Ministries of Mongolia and Canada takes place
Economy | Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. As according to the Memorandum of Cooperation established between the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry of Mongolia (MFALI), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food of Canada (AAFC) on September 28, 2010, the second joint committee meeting between the two ministries was held in Ulaanbaatar on November 20. The meeting was co-chaired by Head of Policy and Planning Department (MFALI) M.Enkh-Amar, and Director General of the Market Access Secretariat at AAFC Kathleen Donohue.
The sides introduced the operations and current state of the sector of the two countries and discussed further developing partnership between the two countries in the agricultural sector, promoting the sector to Canadian investors, learning from the technical and standard practices of Canada, and organizing workshops and training.
Noting their satisfaction in creating favorable conditions for developing partnership in bilateral trade, economy, and the agricultural sector as a result of the increasing number of regular mutual high-level visits being organized between Mongolia and Canada, the Mongolian officials requested to increase the opportunities for partnership in areas, such as farming, seed varieties, irrigation system, accelerated farming, and fodder production, sharing practices, testing and introducing Canadian technology, noting similar environment and climate of the two countries.
