Diplomats of Morocco and Tunisia based in the Brazilian capital Brasilia were to meet last week with officials of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) to discuss their interest in the host country's renowned agricultural technology. An Embrapa unit specilizing in tropical agriculture was opened in the Ghanaian capital Accra in December 2006, with the objective of increasing Brazilian cooperation with African countries.
"We want to discuss with the ambassadors how we can cooperate with each African country and to inform them that the office in Ghana is already operating," stated Roberto Castelo Branco, consultant for international affairs at Embrapa before the scheduled meeting. "We want to transfer technology and knowledge to fight hunger and poverty and generate riches for the African countries," he said.
Also to be discussed were the establishment of partnerships with the World Bank and the International Agricultural Development Fund. "We are going to present a model of how our cooperation may be used for the establishment of partnerships with multilateral organizations," stated Castelo Branco.
Moroccan diplomat Salah Limi said his country is greatly interested in technology transfer in the areas of management of water resources, irrigation and agriculture. "With the office in Ghana it will be easier to promote cooperation between Brazil and Morocco," he said. In 2006 Moroccan researchers from agronomic, veterinary science and technology institutes travelled to Brazil to visit Embrapa.
Also in 2006, a delegation of four researchers from Embrapa Forests in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná travelled to Tunisia to develop a project in the area of cultivation and management of eucalyptus for timber.
source : ANBA
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