Sunday, 11 April 2021 - 8:32
The First Round of Foreign Ministry Consultations between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was held virtually on 08 April 2021. The meeting was co-chaired by Actg. Director General of the East Asia Division of the Foreign Ministry Rohana Ambagolla and the Divisional Manager, South, and Southeast Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand Andrew Needs.
A wide range of matters of mutual interest were discussed.
This included enhancing cooperation in multiple spheres ranging from trade, development cooperation, defence, people-to-people exchanges, and education to sports and tourism. The two countries agreed to finalize a bilateral arrangement for establishing a constructive mechanism for enhancing trade and economic cooperation and for increasing bilateral exchanges in all areas of engagement.
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April 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly s Special Committee on Agricultural Products deliberated on the design of the ‘Kamyab Kisaan’ programme to promote youth engagement and employment in the agriculture sector.
It also took up the calling attention notice regarding relief for the drought and calamity-hit regions across the country and discussed the way forward for the structural transformation of the agriculture sector.
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser directed the sub-committee to furnish a concrete budget proposal for the agriculture sector and urged the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Zarai Taraqiati Bank and members of the committee to devise a mechanism for extending relief to the drought-hit regions within two weeks.
Government planning checks on honey adulteration soon
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“We will launch a pilot project soon,” said an agriculture ministry official. “We need to develop a mechanism to track honey right from beehive to packaging to check adulteration at every level. National Bee Board (NBB), the apex body for promoting apiculture, will be the nodal organisation for this project.”
“There are around 10,000 beekeepers, processors and traders registered with NBB. We will expand the database and scale up the traceability system to ensure consumption of unadulterated honey,” he said.
The government is planning to introduce a traceability system to check adulteration and contamination in honey we consume. The system will have end-to-end record to track the source of honey.