Cooperation agreement between Argentina and Cuba

The National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) and the Indio Hatuey Experimental Station of Cuba (EEIH) signed a specific agreement of complementation and academic, scientific and technological cooperation on sericulture. Through this agreement both institutions will work to achieve one of the objectives foreseen in the framework of the activity Contribution to poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean through sericulture with a sustainable approach and added local value.

The EEIH is a science and technological innovation entity founded in 1962 that participates in the Silk Project as a co-applicant entity. The mission of the Station in Cuba is to contribute through scientific activity and innovation to sustainable local development through agroecological models aimed at promoting socio-economic development, care for the environment and human welfare.