A delegation led by the Premier of Western Australia, Mr. Colin Barnett calls on the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya, in New Delhi on April 09, 2015.
India to collaborate with Australia
New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): Delegation led by Mr. Colin Barnett Premier of Western Australia called on the Minister of State for Agriculture Mr. Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi on April 9.
During the discussion with the delegation from Australia, the Minister mentioned about Australia’s high efficient agriculture sector with expertise and technology to support agricultural productivity across a range of areas.
Mr. Kundariya said that Australia has been importing a number of agriculture commodities from other countries of the world and India is in a position to export cake of soyabeans, soyabeans cashewnuts, chickpeas, coconut, coconut oil, ginger, grapes, groundnuts, lentils, oranges and vegetables. He urged to consider importing these commodities from India.
The Minister said that India would like to collaborate with Australia in the areas of logistics, in particular cold chains and warehousing, agriculture processing in particular horticulture and fisheries and productivity enhancement.
The Australia team invited the officials from Minister of Agriculture to visit Australia and study the model of working for storage of food grains, logistic. They emphasized research and technologies on increasing productivity in Agriculture.
(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN)