The countries are expected to make an announcement related to pulses
Announcements and commitments related to agriculture have emerged from Prime Minister Carney’s trip to India.
A March 2 fact sheet from Carney’s office indicates multiple deliverables with some involving segments of the Canadian ag industry.
Here’s what they are:
- Both governments are expected to announce a joint Canada-India Pulse Protein Centre of Excellence with a joint taskforce to bring the centre online.
- An MoU between Dalhousie University and Indian Council of Agricultural Research to collaborate on digital ag and other topics.
- An MoU between the University of Saskatchewan and the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management to promote research, student mobility, and shared priorities in food security and value-added agriculture.
- A MoU between the University of Saskatchewan and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics promoting cooperation in crop science, and to link dryland ag in Saskatchewan with the organization’s research expertise.
Another item relates to McCain Foods and its presence in India.
The company received land in Madhya Pradesh to build a potato processing facility in the area to support local farmers and create jobs.
Sask. Premier Scott Moe is part of the Canadian contingent.
He’s there in part to advocate for ag while in India.
“We do have a pulse tariff currently that we’d be looking to hopefully be removed at some point in time,” he said on March 2. “Always engaging on behalf of our fertilizer products, specifically potash (as) we export a significant amount of potash to India and to many other countries around the world.”
After his visit in India, Prime Minister Carney and the rest of the Canadian delegation will head off to Japan and Australia.
While in Japan, Carney and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae are expected to discuss multiple issues including food security.