Cabinet approves MoU between India and Kenya for Agriculture Sector

On bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Kenya.

Agricultural research, animal husbandry and dairy, livestock and fisheries horticulture, natural resource management, post-harvest management and marketing, soil and conservation, water management, irrigation farming systems development and integrated watershed development integrated pest management, agricultural plant, machinery and implements, sanitary and phytosanitary issues, are the various activities in the field which are covered in MoU.

To develop detailed cooperation programmes and monitor implementation of the MoU, the MoU provides for constitution of a Joint Working Group comprising of representatives from both countries.

The MoU shall enter into force on the day of signing and shall remain valid for a period of five years and shall automatically be renewed for a subsequent period of five years unless either Party notifies the other in writing, six months before the expiry of the validity period of the intention to terminate it.

Source: http://www.pib.nic.in/