TEHRAN – During the 14th meeting of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) on Saturday, the members of the mentioned committee discussed the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with the Agriculture and Natural Resources Engineering Organization of Tehran Province (AGRIENG).

The MOU was signed last week in a meeting of the TCCIMA board of directors with the head of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Engineering Organization of Tehran Province, the TCCIMA portal reported.

Head of the Tehran AGRIENG Morteza Kouchakzadeh and Ataollah Ashrafi Esfahani, head of the TCCIMA Agriculture and Transformation Industries Committee were also present at the TCCIMA committee meeting to explore ways of implementing the mentioned MOU with the members of the mentioned committee.

As reported, the MOU is aimed at facilitating the participation of the private sector operators in the Tehran Province’s agricultural projects and investment in the mentioned sector.

Establishing a service desk in the Tehran Chamber for the members of the Chamber to benefit from the services and facilities of the AGRIENG organization, cooperation in certifying agricultural products, efforts to increase the export of agricultural products by the members of the TCCIMA and improving the export of agricultural services, improving the level of knowledge about new technologies in the agricultural sector, implementation of joint research projects and the holding of domestic and international educational events, as well as supporting trade unions and production organizations in the agricultural sector and transformation industries are also among the goals of the cooperation MOU.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Kouchakzadeh said: “According to the cooperation agreement with the Agriculture and Natural Resources Engineering Organization of Tehran Province aims to speed up the investment process in the country's agriculture sector in collaboration with this long-standing private sector institution.”

Ashrafi Esfahani, also said at the meeting that one of the missions of the committee has been communication with the organizations of the Tehran province, and in this regard the memorandum of understanding has been drawn up and arranged, which is signed between the Tehran Chamber and this organization.

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