A fruitful discussion was held in Delhi today between the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mr. Jamshid Khodjaev and the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. During the meeting, it was agreed to continue the ongoing cooperation in the agriculture sector between the two countries. Congratulating Mr. Khodjayev on his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Shri Tomar said that Mr. Khodyayev’s previous experience as the country’s Minister of Agriculture would be of great help in his new role. Shri Tomar said that both the countries have very good diplomatic and trade relations. As India ends 30 years of diplomatic ties with Uzbekistan, it is an Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav occasion for India.
Shri Tomar expressed happiness that special attention was paid to mutual cooperation in agriculture sector. He informed that India has decided to provide market access for grapes, plums and cherries from Uzbekistan for which an announcement will be made soon, while India has received approval from the Uzbek side to export mangoes, bananas and soybean meal for which Shri Tomar thanked Mr. Khodjayev. Shri Tomar urged the Uzbek side to expedite import permits for pomegranate, potato, papaya and wheat.
Shri Tomar said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the agriculture sector is developing rapidly and various aspects are being worked on with great enthusiasm for the benefit of the farmers. Due to the farmer-friendly policies of the government, scientists and farmers, the country’s agricultural production has increased significantly, apart from agricultural education and research, India is also in a very advanced state. He said that Prime Minister Shri Modi wants the whole world to get the benefits of agriculture development in India.
Earlier, Mr. Khodjayev congratulated India on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav that India’s experience in agriculture is very good, which Uzbekistan would like to know about, including support to farmers. “Like India, we want to change the course of agriculture in Uzbekistan, for which we want to learn from India,” he said. In this regard, he requested Indian agricultural research institutes to transfer the benefits of research and development to Uzbekistan. Mr. Khodyayev appreciated the growing digitization trend in Indian agriculture and called for similar digitization in Uzbekistan along with Indian companies. He also appreciated India’s Public Distribution System, Minimum Support Price (MSP) system etc. and spoke about lessons learned from the Indian experience
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