MoU signed to strengthen food-agriculture cooperation in South Asia | Others

DHAKA, Sept 25, 2025 (BSS) - The SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Agriculture Centre (SAC) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming to deepen collaboration in food and agricultural research, policy analysis, and capacity building across South Asia. The MoU was signed on Wednesday by Md Golam Sarwar, Secretary General of SAARC, and Dr Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPRI, at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York. Dr Md Harunur Rashid, Director of SAC, and Dr Shahidur Rashid, Director for South Asia at IFPRI, were also present. Secretary General of SAARC Md Golam Sarwar remarked on how the signing of this MoU...