Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
Beijing, PRC, 9–11 April 2007
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This is the first meeting of GMS agriculture ministers. It was proposed by GMS leaders during their second summit, in Kunming, July 2005. The purpose is to review progress in GMS cooperation in agriculture, endorse the Strategic Framework for Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture and Core Agriculture Support Program (CASP), and discuss implications for the GMS of new trends in agriculture.
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At the end of the meeting, GMS agriculture ministers will have:
- a greater sense of the nature and needs for regional cooperation in agriculture
- committed their countries to the CASP
- better knowledge of how the changing face of global agriculture may affect their countries
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Endorsed Strategic Framework for Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture and Core Agriculture Support Program
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- GMS agriculture ministers and senior officials
- Development Partners
- NGOs
- International and (sub)regional research and development organizations
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- Hua Jianmin, State Councilor of State Council and Secretary-General of State Council, People’s Republic of China
- Sun Zhengcai, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, People’s Republic of China
- C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., Vice President, Asian Development Bank
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Mahfuz Ahmed
Senior Agricultural Economist, SEAE
Tel: +632 632-6771
Fax: +632 636-2231
E-mail: akmahmed@adb.org
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