8th Meeting of Agricultural Experts of BIMSTEC Countries
September 4 , 2021 1091 days 763 0
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.).