G20 meeting of Agriculture Working Group Concludes in Chandigarh
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G20 meeting of Agriculture Working Group Concludes in Chandigarh
April 1 Chennai- Under India’s G20 Presidency the second meeting of the Agriculture
Working Group (AWG) in “City Beautiful” Chandigarh concluded on Friday, 31 st March
2023.During the three-day meeting, India emphasized regional cooperation in friendly
farming, digitization, food security, and nutrition in the agriculture sector. The G20 members
also discussed challenges such as climate change, urbanization, and food waste during the
meeting.
G20 members drafted a release on the last day of the three-day Agriculture Working Group
(AWG) representative meeting to address the needs of the four thematic areas related to
solving problems in agriculture. The meeting ended with a local visit from the foreign
delegation.
The meeting started with discussions on Agriculture Market Information System (AMIS) for
Rapid Response Forum (RRF), wherein senior Economic and Statistical Consultant, Arun
Kumar shared his views. He welcomed all the delegates to the 12th session for RRR and
talked about timely evidence-based policymaking so that the concern of high prices of food
grains can be removed.
