Identifier
Created
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Origin
09KATHMANDU853
2009-09-16 04:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:  

NEPAL ENDORSES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE

Tags:  EAGR EAID PREL NP 
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P 160418Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0752
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 7118
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 7439
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 2772
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3224
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 4752
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000853

SIPDIS

EEB/TPP/MTAA/ABT -- JANET SPECK, GARY CLEMENTS AND DON
MORTON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID PREL NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL ENDORSES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
PRINCIPLES

REF: STATE 58996

Hari Dahal, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Cooperatives, told Emboff on September 15 he endorses the
principles underlying the global initiative on agricultural
development and food security that the United States promoted
at the G-8 summit in L,Aquila, Italy, last July. He was
particularly supportive of the initiative,s comprehensive
approach to investment. Dahal pointed out that the
Government of Nepal, while emphasizing the commercialization
of agriculture as a means of improving productivity,
recognizes the need to stimulate investment in infrastructure
that facilitates the movement of food from fields to tables,
such as improved storage and transportation.
MOON