Bahrain to take part in AOAD meet

Manama : Agriculture and Marine Resources Undersecretary Shaikh Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa left Bahrain today leading a delegation to the Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (AOAD) Executive Council meeting.

The council will discuss a report by the AOAD Director General on the activities of the Directorate General in the period between the council’s two sessions.

Discussions will also focus on progress in implementing the Arab Strategy for Sustainable Agricultural Development for the two decades 2005-2025 as well as the execution of the emergency Arab food security scheme 2011-2016 and other related issues.

The council will also endorse the setting of an Arab network for rural women and another agreement on honey bees raising in the Arab region.