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8th Meeting of Agricultural Experts of BIMSTEC Countries
September 4 , 2021
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- India hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
- The meeting was chaired by Dr Trilochan Mohapatra.
- He is the Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Director General of ICAR.
- During this meet, Chairman highlighted the UN Food System Summit 2021 and transformational aspects that are happening across agriculture and food systems globally.
- BIMSTEC comprise of seven Member States including,
- Five from South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka), and
- Two from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Thailand.
- BIMSTEC was formed in 1997.
- It earlier included six sectors.
- Sectors were later expanded to 14 (technology, trade, energy, agriculture etc.).
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