Rome, 3
December 2003 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and
FAO have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to strengthen the
operation of national agricultural information centre
UAEAGRICENT, housed at the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries, FAO said on Wednesday.
The
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the United Arab
Emirates and FAO will work together to bolster UAEAGRICENT to
act as a national and regional resource for agricultural
information management.
The online
agricultural information centre will provide up-to-date
information, in Arabic, on a wide variety of farming, fishing
and forestry topics including animal genetics and breeding,
plant science and production and natural resource management.
It is hoped that through sharing
information the initiative will create and strengthen networks
of trained experts and decision-makers to support food security
among the Gulf States and neighbouring Middle Eastern countries.
The five-year collaboration, beginning in
January 2004, will intend to make the most of the country's
strategic location along with the knowledge and expertise of FAO
to achieve tangible development outcomes in agricultural
information management.
The Memorandum of
Cooperation was signed on Wednesday 3rd December by the United
Arab Emirates Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Saeed Bin
Mohammed Al-Raqabani and FAO Assistant Director-General for
Technical Cooperation, Henri Carsalade, on behalf of Jacques
Diouf, Director-General of
FAO.
Contact:
Stephanie
Holmes
Information Officer
stephanie.holmes@fao.org
(+39) 06 570
56350
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