A/RES/64/197 Agricultural Development, to promote, support and facilitate the exchange of experience among Member States on ways to sustainably expand areas for agriculture and increase opportunities for agricultural development through technologies that allow soil recovery, improve soil fertility and increase agricultural production in pressing environmental circumstances; Underlines the instrumental role of agricultural technology in furthering 9. sustainable development and in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, calls therefore upon Member States and encourages relevant international bodies to support sustainable agricultural research and development, and in this regard calls for continued support to the international agricultural research system, including the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and other relevant international organizations; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 66th plenary meeting 21 December 2009 4