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BILATERAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN GREECE AND OTHER COUNTRIES |
IN
AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR |
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EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES - MEMBERS OF THE EU |
| 8. ROMANIA |
| In February 1998, the Greek Deputy Minister of Agriculture paid a formal visit to Bucharest and the two sides agreed on a Draft Agreement of co-operation in the agricultural sector, which has not yet been signed. |
| During the 17th Session of the Joint Ministerial Committee (Athens, 10-11.07.2000),
the two sides expressed
the wish to strengthen their co-operation in the sector οf agriculture and to pursue the signing of the final
Agreement between the competent Ministries. |
The Greek-Romanian co-operation has been developed
satisfactorily in the sector of agricultural research through the implementation
of the following programmes:
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Improving the diagnostic methods for several ruminants' diseases
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Alternative methods in the horticultural cultivation under shelter
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Effective use of nitrogen in the forestry species Abies cephalonica and Abies alba
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| As far as the transfer of know-how,
Greece has granted several post-graduate scholarships to Romanian students, while seminars on
the Common Agricultural policy have been organised in the Mediterranean
Agronomic Institute of Chania. |
| Finally, a four-person Romanian delegation visited
the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food, in February of 2004 and the two sides
held consultations on the way of planning, setting and operating a Payment
and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid. |
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