KARAJ, Tehran Prov. (IRNA) -- Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture Ernest Debrah toured various sections of the Biotechnology Institute of Karaj on Saturday.

The African minister lauded the research activities underway at the Biotechnology Institute and urged the need for further cooperation with it to enter into more common research projects.

He urged the need for cooperation between the Biotechnology Institute of Iran's Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and Ghana's agricultural research departments, given that it will raise the level of agricultural products of his country.

The Biotechnology Institute along with the Institute for The Seed and Plant Improvement were established in 2000.

At present it includes five research departments involved in various agricultural projects.

The Iranian agriculture ministry established an office in Ghana in 1988, which provides African countries with friendly assistance in rural agricultural industries and construction of mosques.