Agriculture Minister Adhikari leaves for Mexico

Kathmandu, Nov 7: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ramnath Adhikari, left for Mexico on Wednesday to participate in various programmes to be organized there by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). 

While in Mexico, Agriculture Minister Adhikari will attend bilateral and multilateral meetings on the promotion of wheat and maize crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said. 

The plan of research and development activities and joint programmes would be prepared through discussions as per the 10-year agreement between the Government of Nepal and CIMMYT. 

Minister Adhikari will also hold meetings with agriculture officials of Mexico and the CIMMYT chief. 

It is believed that the Minister's engagements in Mexico will be supportive to Nepal's Agriculture Development Strategy and in the activities aligned with the Agriculture Investment Decade announced by the Government of Nepal.

Agriculture Minister Adhikari is accompanied by Ministry joint-secretary duo Ram Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bahadur KC and his private secretary Rosan Adhikari, among other officials. (RSS)