BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Capacity-building, collaboration in research, consultation services, industrial and academic cooperation are among the agenda to be established between the Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) and the Agriculture and Agrifood Department. Therefore, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was sealed between the two sides toward realising the agenda, ©BRUDIRECT.COM reported.
The signing of the MoU was witnessed by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Dyg Hjh Normah Suria Hayati Pehin Jawatan Dalam Seri Maharaja Dato Seri Utama Dr Awg Hj Md Jamil Al-Sufri.
Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) was represented by its Vice Chancellor, Associate Professor Dr Hjh Zohrah Hj Sulaiman. Representing the Agriculture and Agrifood Department was its director, Dyg Hjh Aidah Hj Md Hanifah.
The agreement has the potential to implement a number of pilot projects in paddy planting using additional irrigation system.