Working Group on Agriculture

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Promoting Public-Private Partnerships for Sharing Agricultural Information

• Information and knowledge sharing is important for agricultural development. Research centers have information systems of great use to farmers and agribusiness, for example, the Rice Knowledge Bank (IRRI*) and the Agriculture Knowledge Platform (CIRAD*) for Mekong Countries (AgriMek).
• Effective mechanisms are needed in order to share this information among the GMS for mutual benefit.
• The centerpiece of this component is the GMS Agricultural Information Network Services (AINS), which is implemented by the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of the PRC Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with relevant departments in the GMS countries.
• Other projects in this component will facilitate the establishment of rural agriculture knowledge platforms in each GMS country with regional and national technical hubs. This is crucial to help farmers acquire and apply knowledge to local conditions for increasing productivity of sustainable agriculture.