President Mahinda calls for the establishment of a Common Fund for the Development of Aquaculture in the Asian Region.
Posted on July 28th, 2011
A.A.M.Nizam
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurating the 5th FAO Asia Pacific Region Ministerial Meeting on Aquaculture Development for Food Security, Nutrition and Economic Development has called for the establishment of a Common Fund for the Development of Aquaculture in the Asian Region.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ He emphasized that the challenges being faced by the aquaculture development and the fishing industry at present, it is necessary to have political dedication of the Asian region.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
The President said that in order to protect our fishermen it is necessary to have policies on strong marketing standards, relax of taxes and duties and implementation of reasonable trade practices.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ He said that for the development and the sustenance of the industry it is also necessary to get human and physical resources in line with the political dedication.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Mr. Rajapaksa also said in order to get the best results from the fishing industry the small scale fishermen should be strengthened technically and politically and said that if they are strengthened technically and politically they will not suffer losses from their vocations.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
250 representatives from 18 countries, including 14 Ministers of Fisheries are attending this 2 day Ministerial Conference. The countries participating in the Meeting include China, India, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. The meeting is expected to make political commitment about future development of aquatic culture in the region, coordinating regional activities, improvement of regional cooperation in aquaculture, and development of aquaculture for food security and raising the nutritional level of the people in the region.
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Minister of Economic Development Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Mr. Susantha Punchinilame, and officials of the Food and Agriculture Organization also attended the opening session.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (niz)
July 28th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
This is excellent program. I hope russian states turkey, middleast, Egypt Sudan etic and should be expanded to wherever possible. Also, there many encient nutural farming technic can be bowrrowed from other countries and Sri lanka should try to change everything to organic
I personally interested visiting Egypt, Syria, Morcco, UAE and Oman to learn about and enjoy beautifull Islamic arts and culture
July 29th, 2011 at 6:08 am
We are proud that Sri Lanka is leading the way to develop the fisheries resources of the region. Organically grown fish is not yet available even in the west yet, as far as I know, and would prove to be a great success, if done properly.
Another viable project would be the production of Soy burghers, which comes in different fantastic flavors such as chicken, beef, savory, tex-mex, cheese, etc. but all vegetarian. These need to be frozen as does the fish.
March 25th, 2012 at 2:53 am
A collective approach is definitely the way forward. Corruption is the only obstacle for growth within the region.