Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the Czech Republic on cooperation in the field of agriculture.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic have agreed to cooperate in economic, manufacturing, scientific and technological area within the scope of their powers and in virtue of the legal standards of the two contracting States. The cooperation shall be mainly focused on the following: 1) plant protection: plant breeding, seed breeding, seed production, agricultural cultures' cultivating including the use of modern technologies of highly productive plant genetic material, the use of production methods of environmentally clean products and adequate plant protection means; 2) animal production: breeding, cultivation and preening work, use of modern technologies in the breeding of highly productive animals; 3) establishment and operation of efficient agricultural farms; 4) processing and use of agricultural products, organising of the activities of private and state-owned businesses and possibilities for establishing of working contracts between partners; 5) organization of systems of use and maintenance of agricultural machinery; 6) support to programmes of scientific and technical cooperation between the interested research institutes and other organizations.