India To Cooperate In Mutually Beneficial Areas In Agriculture
It held bilateral meetings with several nations on the sidelines of the G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting in Brazil
New Delhi: India held bilateral meetings with several nations on the sidelines of the G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting in Brazil, expressing the commitment to cooperate in mutually beneficial areas, it was announced on Sunday.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Ram Nath Thakur, led the Indian delegation along with Ambassador of India to Brazil, Suresh Reddy, and other senior government officials.
India held bilateral meetings with the US, Brazil, Germany, the UK, Japan, Spain and the UAE.
In the meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Sakamoto, Thakur asked to expedite the market access of Indian pomegranate and grapes in Japan.
In the bilateral meeting with Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil, Carlos Favaro, both sides discussed issues related to cooperation in science and technology, cooperation in ethanol production and market access.
They also expressed the hope that the memorandum of understanding between ICAR India and EMBRAPA Brazil would be completed before G20 leaders meeting in November.
The Brazil side showed commitment to cooperate in ethanol production technology which will help the climate change action, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.