KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 -- Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed (second, left) during a joint press conference at the Developing Eight (D8) Ministers Meeting on Food Security here, today.Also present (from left) are Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Republic of Turkey Mahmet Mehdi Eker, Nigeria's Minister of State For Agriculture and Water Resources Fidelia Akuabata Hjeze, Iran's Deputy Ministers of Jihat of Agriculture Dr. Jafar Khalgani dan Bangladesh's Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture Sheikh Enayetullah.The three-day meeting, which ends today, focuses on key inputs namely the creation of seed banks, the production and suplly of quality fertilizers and animal feed to perk up agricultural productivity.The countries that make up the D8 are Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Nigeria.-- fotoBERNAMA COPYRIGHT RESERVED

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