<p>The assurance was given by Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat to a visiting Myanmar team led by its president U Thein Sein here.<br /><br />The team comprised Agriculture minister U Myint Maung and entrepreneurs, who interacted with scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).<br /><br />Myanmar sought Indian help in increasing yield of its key crops of rice and pulses to which Rawat reacted positively, IARI sources said.<br /><br />The team also sought India's technical assistance in the livestock sector to boost milk productivity.<br /><br />India is the world's largest milk producer.<br /><br />The sources said the Myanmar President appreciated the fact that IARI has signed an MOU with a group of private seed producing companies, and sought details to repeat the experiment of sectoral convergence in the important area of seed production in his country, the sources added.<br /><br />He requested New Delhi to send a team of scientists to train his men at Advanced Centre for Agriculture Research and Education set up there with the help of India.<br /><br />Mayanmar evinced interest in buying Tractors from India.<br /><br />Later, the team visited IARI's biotechnology centre and an exhibition in genetics division.</p>
<p>The assurance was given by Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat to a visiting Myanmar team led by its president U Thein Sein here.<br /><br />The team comprised Agriculture minister U Myint Maung and entrepreneurs, who interacted with scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).<br /><br />Myanmar sought Indian help in increasing yield of its key crops of rice and pulses to which Rawat reacted positively, IARI sources said.<br /><br />The team also sought India's technical assistance in the livestock sector to boost milk productivity.<br /><br />India is the world's largest milk producer.<br /><br />The sources said the Myanmar President appreciated the fact that IARI has signed an MOU with a group of private seed producing companies, and sought details to repeat the experiment of sectoral convergence in the important area of seed production in his country, the sources added.<br /><br />He requested New Delhi to send a team of scientists to train his men at Advanced Centre for Agriculture Research and Education set up there with the help of India.<br /><br />Mayanmar evinced interest in buying Tractors from India.<br /><br />Later, the team visited IARI's biotechnology centre and an exhibition in genetics division.</p>