The Exchange and Cooperation Consortium for Agricultural Science and Technology in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (ECCAST-LMC) was established at the 3rd Symposium on Exchange and Cooperation to Enhance Innovation for Agricultural Science and Technology in South & Southeast Asia on Thursday, held in the city of Zhaotong on 22 August, 2019.
    More than 60 agricultural experts from China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia attended the symposium and adopted the charter of ECCAST-LMC.
    Led by the Chinese government, ECCAST-LMC will unite with more scientific research and education institutions in the Lancang-Mekong sub-region to carry out agricultural science and technology exchanges and cooperation in a wider range of fields (cropping, planting, animal husbandry, aquaculture and fisheries, etc…), implement the relevant contents determined by JWG-A, build a platform for agricultural science and technology exchanges and joint research cooperation (especially the prevention and control cooperative mechanism of plant disease and pest, animal disease and fishery ecological conservation) in this region, and work together to promote coordinated development in related fields.
    The consortium is an intergovernmental and non-profit organization, which will play an important role in further boosting the sustainable development of the Lancang-Mekong region.（auditor：Liu Zhenhuan）