MALAYSIA & INDONESIA TO LEAD ANIMAL FEED INITIATIVE

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia, which has been appointed alongside Indonesia as the prime mover for the Developing Eight's (D8) animal feed initiative on food security, is committed to convening the first workshop within six monthsto discuss implementation details.

Malaysia's Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister, Mustapa
Mohamed, said it was appropriate for Malaysia-Indonesia to cooperate in the
animal feed field as both countries had agricultural pacts in related fields.
"We will be hosting the first workshop as soon as possible," he told
reporters after the release of the Kuala Lumpur Initiative To Address Food
Security here Friday.

Other initiatives outlined in the Kuala Lumpur Initiative were seed bank,
fertilisers, standards & trade issues and marine and fisheries.

The declaration was issued in conjunction with the three-day D8 Ministers'
Meeting on Food Security, which ended Friday.

The D8 countries are a group of developing countries with large Muslim
populations which have formed an economic development alliance.

It consists of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria,
Pakistan, and Turkey and represent about one billion people or 14 per cent of
the world population.

-- BERNAMA