Thursday 5 June 2008

INRA to Boost Tunisian Agricultural Research

An agreement to boost agricultural research in Tunisia was recently signed between Marion Guillou, the President of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), and Mr Abdelaziz Mougou, President of the Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education (IRESA) - Tunis.

The agreement was signed on 16 May 2008 in Tunis at the Ministry of Agriculture in the presence of Mr Mohamed Habib Haddad, Minister of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources and Mr Abderrazak DaĆ¢loul, Secretary of State for Fisheries. The CIRAD will soon be associated with this agreement.

This agreement aims at reinforcing scientific exchanges, researcher mobility and joint projects between the two establishments. It establishes a programme of calls for proposals for joint research projects.The agreement aims at reinforcing scientific exchanges, researcher mobility and joint projects including biotechnology. The program will soon call for proposals for joint research projects between the two establishments.

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