Cooperation of BRIC countries for the food safety
Russia
Tuesday 13 April 2010
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Brazil, Russia, India, China wish to multiply their trades and to cooperate for the food safety.
source : moscow times et india today
The BRIC countres Ministers for Agriculture (Brazil, Russia, India and China) agreed to double efforts to promote the food safety by an agreement signed in Moscow.
The objective is to stimulate the trades within the group by the reduction in tariff barriers.
These countries will cooperate in the field of the agricultural technology and of the innovation to reduce the effects of the climate change on the food safety, and establish a common database of agricultural information. To implement all its measures a group of experts was created which will soon meet.
Countries known under the acronym BRIC represent 42 % of the world population and 32 % of its farmlands.