ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the ministries to work in an institutionalised manner and enhance coordination to achieve optimal results despite resource constraints. The Prime Minister while chairing a high-level preparatory meeting, in connection with the forthcoming Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue, here at PM Secretariat this afternoon, said energy and food security were the key sectors where Pakistan could seek the US assistance. He asked the Ministries of Food and Agriculture, and Water and Power to finalise the operational plans and identify potential areas of cooperation with the US to reap maximum benefit through this cooperation. He asked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to work out a foolproof strategy to enhance exports of agricultural products like marketing of mangoes and other fruits in the United States. The Prime Minister reiterated his direction to the Ministry of Agriculture to install 1100 tube-wells in the Balochistan being offered under the US agriculture support programme for the uplift of agricultural production in the province. He asked the Ministry of Water and Power that a clear mechanism ought to be worked out in advance through consultation with the Balochistan administration for collection of electricity charges from the tube wells to be installed under that scheme. The Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh apprised the Prime Minister that the potential areas of cooperation with the US were already identified in the field of food, agriculture, livestock, water and power, I.T., education, social sector and public diplomacy. The Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf gave a detailed account of the projects identified in the energy sector for cooperation with the US. The Minister said that out of the pledged 32 medium and small dams, the operational plans for construction of first scheme of 12 dams, 3 each in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, and 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, had been prepared. He also apprised the Prime Minister of the progress of the negotiations with the US about thermal, wind power projects and revamping/rehabilitation of the energy sector projects. He further said that the preparatory work on installation of two plants gifted by the UAE at Faisalabad and Multan to cater for the needs of the textile industry has also been finalized. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Mr. Nazar Mohammad Gondal gave a detailed presentation both on bilateral (Pakistan & USA) and trilateral (Pakistan, USA & Afghanistan) cooperation programmes. He said that his ministry was seeking cooperation of the US Government in the field of development of wheat with special focus on UG-99 research, development of a cotton variety resistant to cotton leaf curl virus, livestock production development with special focus on foot and mouth disease, high efficiency irrigation system, watershed management, small and medium dams and re-invigoration of extension system to enhance agriculture production and achieve food self sufficiency. He also informed the Prime Minister that Pakistan had offered to partner with the US on President Barak Obama programme for Global Food Security. The meeting was also attended by the secretaries finance, Food and Agriculture, Water and Power, principal secretary to the Prime Minister and other concerned senior officials.