Kathmandu, April 15:Recent four-day visit here of Takashi Tajima, general secretary of the Asian Productivity Organisation has been a fruitful one in terms of the possibilities of launching a programme on productivity promotion and aiding institution building.

During his visit, he held talks with Minister for Industry and Commerce Ram Krishna Tamrakar, Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Narendra Bikram Nemwang and Minister of State for Agriculture Baldev Sharma Majgaiya as well as officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

He also gave a key note speech on the productivity campaign at a special function held to mark commerce day.

General manager of the National Productivity and Economic Development Centre Ltd Ramesh Singh Pradhan apprised him of the promotional activities being carried out to raise productivity in industry, agriculture and the social sector of the country.

The centre is working as a National Productivity Organisation in Nepal.

Talks were also held on possible areas of cooperation in order to make the centre effective.

Similarly, general secretary Tajima visited the Surya Pashmina Factory and the Handicraft Producers Association to acquaint himself with the production of woollen shawls and handicraft items, major exportable items of Nepal.

At present, a total of 18 countries are members of the organisation and its secretariat is in Tokyo.