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03 Nov, 2025 News Image India, Sri Lanka Hold First Joint Working Group Meeting to Boost Cooperation in Agriculture and Food Security.
India and Sri Lanka have agreed to boost cooperation in agriculture sector, focusing on innovation, sustainability, and food security, during the first Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Agriculture held in New Delhi on October 30, 2025. The meeting, held at Krishi Bhawan, was co-chaired by Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, and D. P. Wickramasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, Sri Lanka.
 Source:  krishijagran.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image Telangana expands rice exports to Philippines, eyes African markets.
Telangana, India's largest rice-producing state, is now expanding its rice exports beyond traditional buyers. 'This is the first time the state's civil supplies corporation has exported rice to the Philippines. It's the MTU 1010 variety, long grain sticky rice, which is liked there,' said S Mohanty, Advisor to the Telangana Government, speaking to ANI at the sidelines of the Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) exhibition.
 Source:  .tribuneindia.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image India at advanced stages of trade talks with both EU and US: Piyush Goyal.
Union Minister for Commerce and Trade Piyush Goyal, while speaking at ET Startup Awards, said that India is at advanced stage of discussions with both EU and US for trade deals. 'We are at the advanced stage of discussions with both EU and US for trade deals,' said Piyush Goyal.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image India Rice Exports to Rise 10% in FY26: APEDA Chairman.
India's rice exports in volume terms is likely to rise more than 10 per cent during this fiscal on better demand from overseas markets, APEDA Chairman Abhishek Dev said on Thursday. In the 2024-25 fiscal, India exported 20.1 million tonnes of rice valued at USD 12.95 billion, reaching more than 172 countries.
 Source:  money.rediff.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image 'India's digital marketplace for apples reports positive results in its first quarter'.
Digitalization is changing how apples are traded in Himachal Pradesh, says Milan Sharma, CEO of Intello Labs. 'When Adani Agri Fresh decided to modernize the Himachal mandis, our previous collaboration on apple grading helped build trust, and we jointly designed the country's first digital marketplace for apples, Adani Digital Mandi.'
 Source:  freshplaza.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image Canadian PM Carney refers to 'progress' with India amid tariff strains with US.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has referred to the 'progress' his country has made with India as he stressed that Canada is building partnerships abroad amid tariff pressures with the US. Carney's remarks on Saturday came after US President Donald Trump last week terminated all trade negotiations with Ottawa 'based on their egregious behaviour.'
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image India ready to put its seal on any fair and equitable trade deal: Piyush Goyal.
India is looking at ways to bolster foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign institutional investment (FII), commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He also said India's FY26 export growth is expected to be faster than last year and supported the idea of deploying capital with insurance companies and pension funds in startups at The Economic Times Startup Awards in Bengaluru.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image India bets on quality with digital crop traceability system: APEDA official.
Quality is taking center stage in India's agricultural export strategy, with the country becoming the first in the world to launch a web-based organic crop traceability system aimed at ensuring transparency, authenticity, and global confidence in Indian produce, Tarun Bajaj, Director, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) said on Friday. 'We've built a digital framework that tracks the journey of farm produce right from the soil to the shipment,' said Bajaj, on the sidelines of the two-day Bharat International Rice Conference held in New Delhi.
 Source:  lokmattimes.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image Mauritius wants long-term rice supply agreement with India for its food security.
Mauritius, which imports 50,000-60,000 tonnes of rice annually, is keen to have a long-term agreement with India to secure rice supply as it buys through open tender and such an agreement will help Indian exporters to bid there, irrespective of any restriction on shipment. 'India has a traditional ally. We already have a long-term relationship in many things. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mauritius, some agreements were signed. But so far, there is no agreement on rice supply,' said Takesh Luckho, chairman of State Trading Corporation of Mauritius.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
03 Nov, 2025 News Image Govt capital support to food processing boosts growth & innovation in ice cream.
The Union Government investments like the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, subsidies and capital support from schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) are aiding large and micro-enterprises to upgrade or build new processing units. Advanced machinery and technology allows for more efficient production and experimentation with ingredients, which leads to new flavour varieties. All this has sent strong positive signals to India’s ice cream sector.
 Source:  fnbnews.com