UAE, India Aim to Treble Food Trade Volume by 2025

UAE, India Aim to Treble Food Trade Volume by 2025

Optimism in achieving this goal was expressed by a multitude of speakers from the government and private sectors in both countries at the "UAE-India Food Security Summit 2020," a two-day hybrid event, which began on Tuesday, a WAM report said.

The summit brings together about 200 businessmen, representatives of state-owned organisations, investors and other economic enterprises from the UAE and India. It follows a hybrid format as several of the Indian participants, including state ministers and officials, have travelled to Dubai for business meetings while other participants are making their contributions virtually.

Addressing the summit in person, Punjab's Minister for Non-Resident Indian Affairs, Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, said the UAE and India are ideal partners for the food industry because his country is 70 percent agrarian while the UAE is a pioneer in food security strategy.

Navin K. Choudhary, Principal Secretary for Agriculture in the government of Jammu and Kashmir, who is leading a 20-member business delegation to the UAE from the union territory, also addressed the summit in person. The delegation has just completed a "fruitful" meeting with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. A key focus of the team is to promote apples from the union territory in the UAE market.

Dr Ahmed