(f) the establishment of joint programmes for the control of animal and plant diseases and pests; (g) the marketing of food and the co-ordination of the export and import of agricultural commodities; (h) joint actions in combating drought and desertification ; and (i) in such other fields of agriculture as the Council may determine. ARTICLE 106 Seed Multiplication and Distribution The Partner States shall: (a) strengthen co-operation in quality seed development and production through research and plant breeding; (b) support co-operation in the establishment of gene banks; (c) enhance capacity in seed technology; (d) initiate and maintain strategic seed reserves; (e) harmonise quarantine policies, legislation and regulations to ease trade in seeds; and (f) create an enabling environment multiplication and distribution. for private sector seed ARTICLE 107 Livestock Multiplication and Distribution The Partner States shall: (a) develop mechanism for co-operation in livestock breeding, including artificial insemination institutions and livestock breeding centres; (b) encourage and facilitate exchange of genetic material to widen the base of livestock development; 81