Argentina and Cuba sealed some cooperation agreements to boost relations in agricultural, livestock and rural development sectors, so necessary today for development.
Argentina and Cuba sealed some cooperation agreements to boost relations in agricultural, livestock and rural development sectors, so necessary today for development.
Argentine Agriculture Minister, Carlos Casamiquela, praised here the cooperation, trade, business and technology agreements signed in the island, in the framework of the visit President Cristina Fernandez carried out to Havana.
Casamiquela, whose ministry is also in charge of Livestock and Fisheries, signed agreements with his Cuban peer, Gustavo Rodriguez, some days before the arrival of the president on Saturday, Sept. 19, with whom he then shared the protocol agenda developed in Havana .
"The agreements with Cuba involve a strategic cooperation agreement for the Argentine government," the minister said after disclosing the terms of the documents signed, and announce the visit of a technical mission in November to start complying with the agreement, Prensa Latina stated.
These agreements are the result of the Memorandum of Understanding reached on January 19, 2009 between the ministries from both countries and involve bilateral cooperation actions in the 2015-2020 period.
A ministerial statement said those agreements give priority to food security, health and safety, and propose to develop projects under joint business modalities, technical cooperation and trade contracts, through different production systems, not only for livestock and animal products, but also for agriculture and products of animal origin.
As of the livestock sector, the joint work is included in areas such as nutritional, reproductive health management of dairy cattle, milking and processing technology and production technology, as well as the added value of beef, pork and poultry meat, among others.
Regarding agriculture, the agreements cover technologies in crop mechanization and the introduction of precision agriculture, and fruit development in relation to the management of polyculture in tropical fruit growing.
Source: PL