India keen to borrow salinity-tolerant rice variety from
Saturday, 9 January 2010
The visiting Indian Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said his country was keen to borrow Bangladesh's salinity tolerant rice variety to boost agriculture outputs in the states of West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
"Our states of West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra have similar problems of saline intrusion, draught and cyclones like Bangladesh. And we want to fight such odds together," Sharad Pawar said after a close door meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Begum Motia Chowdhury at a city hotel Friday, reports BSS.
"Firstly, India and its people are extremely happy with the return of democracy in Bangladesh," Sharad said adding the present government had brought stability in Bangladesh. He said a number of unsettled bilateral issues would be discussed next week when Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina would pay visit to India.
"Our states of West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra have similar problems of saline intrusion, draught and cyclones like Bangladesh. And we want to fight such odds together," Sharad Pawar said after a close door meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Begum Motia Chowdhury at a city hotel Friday, reports BSS.
"Firstly, India and its people are extremely happy with the return of democracy in Bangladesh," Sharad said adding the present government had brought stability in Bangladesh. He said a number of unsettled bilateral issues would be discussed next week when Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina would pay visit to India.