India has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Morocco to encourage technological co-operation between the two countries for development of the agricultural sector. The MoU was signed by Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria, Minister of State for Agriculture on behalf of Government of India and Shri Mohammed Mohattane, Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Sea Fisheries, in Charge of Rural Development for the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco on 7 December, 2004.

The cooperation programme will be implemented through exchange of students, scientists and technologists on study visits, training and consultancies; exchange of germ plasm and breeding material; exchange of scientific literature, information and methodology. The priority areas of collaboration include research in horticulture, Crop Science, Fisheries, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering and Natural Resource Management, Food Technology and Topography.

The implementing agency on behalf of the Government of the Republic of India shall be the “Department of Agricultural Research and Education”, Ministry of Agriculture and on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, the implementing agency shall be the “Direction de I’Enseignement, de la Recherche et du Development”, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Sea Fisheries.