Tomar assures EU of India’s support to the UN Food Systems Summit
The European Commission has explained in detail the recent reforms undertaken by the EU in the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) as well as the EU Farm to Fork Strategy to make agriculture green as well as sustainable.
The Commission has also highlighted that the EU has set a target of bringing 25% of area in the union under Organic Farming by 2030.
These were part of the discussions during Janusz Wojciechowski, Member of the European Commission, Agriculture, meeting with Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on 7 July 2021.
Also discussed during the meeting were the recent India market reforms and UN Food System Summit as well as bilateral cooperation; G20 Agriculture Minister process and fixation of the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) of Tricyclazole in Indian Basmati Rice by the Union.
Tomar had raised during the discussion the issue of fixing the MRL of Tricyclazole used in rice crop which has been a concern for India and is affecting India’s Basmati Rice exports to the EU.
All the required studies and documents have been submitted to EU in May-2021 and MRL will be fixed by second quarter of 2022 before next season, said Tomar.
He also highlighted steps being taken by the Indian Government to make agriculture sustainable and environment friendly which included encouragement of application nano-urea and Organic Farming under the Pramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana.
He pointed out the initiative of encouraging organic farming on either sides of Ganga river up to 5 km through formation of clusters wherein 11 lakh farmers have already enrolled.
The Minister assured India’s support to the UN Food Systems Summit and informed the EU delegation that he will be leading the India delegation to the Pre-Summit being organized from 26-28 July 2021. #agriculture #food #investment #exports /fiinews.com
