Union Minister for Agricul­ture, Livestock and Irrigation U Min Naung received Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Vinay Kumar in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

They discussed agricultural mechanization services, irriga­tion projects in Myanmar, coop­eration in the agricultural sec­tor between the two countries, availability from India of onion quality seeds, beans and pulses and cotton resistant to pests and climatic change, cooperation in agriculture between Myanmar and Indian researchers, the sending of students to Assam University of Agriculture, dis­semination of technical know-how on farming milch cows and upgrading the quality of dairy products and proper and suf­ficient use of sunflower quality seeds in domestic production of sunflower. — MNA/MKKS