During a visit to New Delhi from November 1–3, Brazilian minister of agriculture and livestock Carlos Favaro is anticipated to meet Piyush Goyal, minister of consumer affairs, food, and public distribution in India.
Favaro’s visit comes at a time when nations are under pressure to make sure that agricultural trade is unaffected by unilateral restrictions and protectionist measures while also focusing on open, unhindered, and trustworthy food supply chains. Both parties are anticipated to prioritise cooperation in the areas of ethanol and biofuels.
Carlos Favarao would like to pay Piyush Goyal a courtesy visit when he is in Delhi to discuss potential future collaboration projects, a government official said.
Amid rising food and oil prices, G20 leaders pledged their support for global food security and nutrition for everyone in September.
The G20 stressed the urgent need to increase research cooperation on nutrient-rich and climate-resilient crops like millets, quinoa, and sorghum, in addition to conventional staples like rice, wheat, and maize, as part of its resolve to end hunger and malnutrition.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met during the G20 summit in New Delhi. The two agreed to increase their cooperation in sustainable agriculture and rural development, including at the multilateral level, in order to protect the food and nutritional security of their respective nations as well as that of the rest of the world. They expressed their happiness with the creation of joint technical committees to promote commerce in agricultural and animal husbandry products.
The India-Mercosur PTA is being discussed for expansion by the two nations as well.
At the time of publication, neither the Indian consumer affairs, food and public distribution ministry nor the Brazilian embassy in New Delhi had responded to inquiries.
Food security around the world is a hot topic. In an interview with Mint in September, Mariam Al Mehairi, the UAE’s minister of climate change and the environment, stated that “COP28, under the UAE presidency, aims to transform food systems to ensure that the food system is part of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs), national adaptation plans (NAPs), and national biodiversity strategy.” She added that she would send the COP28 food agenda for signatures from all agriculture ministers in all participating nations.
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Due to increased exports of goods like wheat, sugar, dairy products, coffee, etc., trade in agriculture has also increased dramatically during the past half-decade. For instance, according to the most recent data from the Indian Ministry of Commerce, exports of agricultural and related goods saw a sharp increase in value, rising from 2.5 trillion in 2017–18 to 3.74 trillion in 2021–22.
At the G20 meeting, the leaders of Brazil and India concurred on the necessity of a just and equitable energy transition. They underscored the vital importance of flex-fuel vehicles and biofuels in contributing to the reduction of carbon emissions within the transportation industry, especially in emerging economies.They applauded bilateral bioenergy projects combining the public and private sectors and welcomed the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance, of which both nations are founding members, during India’s G20 chairmanship.