India Highlights Role Of Small Farmers For Global Food Security At BRICS Meet
India keen to enable farmers to gain access to global technologies: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday highlighted the need for global food security, empowerment of small farmers, and technological cooperation in advancing the partnership among BRICS countries at the conference held in Brazil.
He also stressed on the scope for promoting production and export of soya from India. He said that India was keen to enable its farmers to gain access to global technologies. Leading the Indian delegation at the 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' meeting, Chouhan held bilateral meetings with his counterpart from Brazil to strengthen agricultural trade, technology and innovation between India and Brazil. The Union Minister said that India is fully committed to inclusive, equitable and sustainable agriculture. Echoing the spirit of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", he added that India always follows the message of trust and cooperation with all countries.
He called for enhanced cooperation in agricultural technology, innovation, capacity building and trade facilitation so that farmers and agricultural enterprises of various countries can benefit. Minister Chouhan's visit to Brazil is a concrete initiative towards technological innovation, production increase and global partnership for Indian agriculture, which can yield direct benefits to the farmers.
The 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, held in Brasilia, was attended by Agriculture Ministers and senior officials from India, host Brazil and BRICS member countries including Russia, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, The UAE, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Iran. The main theme of the meeting was "promoting inclusive and sustainable agriculture through cooperation, innovation and equitable trade among BRICS countries".
Chouhan's visit is expected to give a new direction to agricultural cooperation between India and Brazil, which will boost agricultural trade between the two countries. The Union Minister expressed his desire to share knowledge with Brazil on climate-friendly soyabean varieties, mechanisation, precision farming and sustainable agricultural practices.
He expressed his desire to learn from Brazil's agricultural model, mechanisation, irrigation and research and implement it in Indian agriculture so that maximum benefits can be transferred to the farmers.
