Launch of Indian Council of Food and Agriculture
Launch of Indian Council of Food and Agriculture The Indian Council of Food and Agriculture, which is being launched as an apex body to act as think tank, policy advocacy, trade facilitation, development catalyst and monitoring centre for India’s food and agriculture sector. With the increasing globalization, there are newer challenges demanding proactive response for the Indian agriculture and agri-food trade to compete globally. While major industry chambers have larger economic and business development agenda, agriculture is not their priority. Industry plays crucial role in Indian agriculture, but the sector is beyond the industry to include the stakeholders such as farmers, academic, research, policy, development, extension system. They need their issues and agenda to be effectively articulated at the district, state, national and international levels. While there are sector specific bodies in food and agriculture, both for input side and for output side, but cuttin...