AGREEMENT
BETWEEN

THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - IOED
AND

THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA
FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE & ALLIED SECTORS
The International Organization for Educational Development - IOED and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Contracting Parties”),
Desiring to enhance the existing friendly relations between both the Contracting Parties through cooperation and development in the fields of agricultural and horticultural research and technology, animal husbandry, agricultural and horticultural production and food processing and economic cooperation, and
RECOGNISING the advantages to be derived by their respective people from the promotion of such cooperation,
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article I
The Contracting Parties shall promote cooperation in agricultural, horticultural and allied activities including research and technology, agricultural and horticultural production and food processing, animal husbandry and economic cooperation and trade between the contracting parties, joint activities and exchanges to be determined and implemented through mutually agreed procedures.

Article II
The Joint activities and exchange programmes will be carried out in agricultural, horticultural and allied activities including research and technology, agricultural and horticultural production particularly cotton, horticulture, post-harvest management including cold chain, agro processing, soil and water management, rain fed farming system development and integrated watershed development, agricultural machinery, agricultural and horticultural marketing, animal husbandry including cooperation in poultry production, production of birdfeed, fresh water fishing and phytosanitary issues relating to trade in plant and animal genetic resources, products, standards and certification.
Article III
1.	The programmes and projects may take the following forms of cooperation:
a)	Joint activities in the areas of research, extension and training promoting agricultural and horticultural production and food processing.
b)	Organizing workshops, consultations, conferences, exchanges of scientific information and general documentation in the field of agricultural and horticultural production and food processing.
c)	Any other form of technical cooperation aiming at promoting the development of the food industry of the Contracting Parties.
d)	Encouraging business to business engagement in the field of agriculture, allied activities and trade.
Article IV
The Contracting Parties shall promote cooperation through short and medium term programmes within the framework of the joint activities mentioned in Article II. Biennial Work Plan will be drawn up by mutual agreement between the Contracting Parties to give effect to the objectives of this Agreement.
Article V
The Contracting Parties shall set up a Joint Working Group which shall be responsible for developing biennial Work Plans envisaged in Article IV of this Agreement. They will be responsible for coordinating and monitoring all activities carried out under auspices of this Agreement. The members of the Joint Working Group shall meet once every year to review the progress of activities and to facilitate further cooperation.
Article VI
The Contracting Parties shall encourage and facilitate of direct contracts between institutions and other agencies on research, development and training to work towards term cooperation.

Article VII
The contracting parties will provide plan hospitality for persons deputed under work cooperation Programme pursuant to this Agreement. Activities pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the availability of resources and to the respective laws, regulations of the Contracting Parties.
Article VIII
The provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way affect the commitments of the Contracting Parties under existing bilateral agreements between the contracting parties, the rights or obligations of the Management of both the contracting parties deriving from their provisions of the agreements signed with other parties, from member in international organization.
Article IX
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of India confirm this partnership with all the privileges, rights and responsibilities appertaining of a partner/ member of the Republic of India and recommend the Diplomatic Accreditation/ Privileges applicable to the IOED as per Vienna Convention 1961 & 1963. Being Partner, the Governing Council Members of the IOED has right to use National Emblem on the stationery like Visiting Cards, Identity Cards and Letterheads, etc.
Article X
(a)	This Agreement shall come into force after completion of interstate procedures necessary for it comes into force and shall remain valid for a period of five years. The validity of the Agreement shall automatically be renewed for a subsequent period of five years at a time unless either of the Contracting Parties gives to the other a written notice of its intention to terminate this Agreement six months prior to its expiry.
(b)	The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the activities, projects already in progress or executed.
(c)	This Agreement may be modified or amended by mutual consent of the Parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following representatives duly authorized by their respective Managements have signed this Agreement. Done at New Delhi on _____________ in two original copies, each in the English languages, all texts being equally authentic
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR		FOR THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - IOED			THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

Major General Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, IPC		(_____________)
Executive President