Question: Nairobi is the capital city of … .
(a) Kenya
(b) West Indies
(c) Cuba
(d) None of the above.
Ans:(a)
- On 4th January, 2017, The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Kenya on bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.
- The MoU covers wide range of activities in the field of agriculture such as agricultural research, animal husbandry and dairy, livestock and fisheries horticulture, natural resource management, post-harvest management and marketing, soil and conservation.
- It will also focus on water management, irrigation farming systems development and integrated watershed development integrated pest management, agricultural plant, machinery and implements, sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
- The MoU provides for constitution of a Joint Working Group comprising of representatives from both countries. The Joint Working Group would develop detailed cooperation programmes and monitor implementation of the MoU.
- The MoU shall enter into force on the day of signing and shall remain valid for a period of five years and shall automatically be renewed for a subsequent period of five years unless either Party notifies the other in writing, six months before the expiry of the validity period of the intention to terminate it.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=156122
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cabinet-approves-pact-with-kenya-on-agriculture/story-wanAAXkCafu6g7W1KcVRjL.html