GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4505

ANSWERED ON:07.12.2010

COOPERATION IN AGRICULTURE

SECTOR ANANT KUMAR HEGDE

(a) the details of the agreements signed between India and the United States of America to enhance agricultural cooperation between the two countries;

(b) the details of the benefits accrued to the agriculture sector by these agreements;

(c) whether agriculture system, climate and environmental conditions are different in both the countries; and

(d) if so, the manner in which cooperation between the two countries is likely to bear the desired results?

Will the Minister of AGRICULTUREbe pleased to state:-

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)

 (a) to (d):The requisite details on agreements signed between India and the United State of America in the field of agriculture and allied sector has been annexed.