India-Netherlands 8th Joint Working Group Meeting on Agriculture held in New Delhi

India-Netherlands 8th Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting 2025 on Agriculture was held in New Delhi. Officials from India and Netherlands emphasized strengthening bilateral cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors.

India-Netherlands 8th Joint Working Group Meeting on Agriculture held in New Delhi

India-Netherlands 8th Joint Working Group (JWG) Meeting on Agriculture

The eighth meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Agriculture between India and the Netherlands was held at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. Officials from both countries exchanged views on the current priorities, challenges, and new initiatives in their respective agriculture sectors.

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Emphasizing the significance of the Joint Working Group (JWG) mechanism, both sides appreciated its role in deepening the longstanding cooperation in agriculture between India and the Netherlands.

India-Netherlands 8th JWG Meeting: Delegation

The Netherlands delegation participate in the India-Netherlands 8th JWG Meeting on Agriculture comprised Ms. Marion van Schaik, Agriculture Counsellor; Ms. Sarah Visser Ravichandran, Senior Policy Officer; and Mr. Sritanu Chatterjee, Policy Advisor, Embassy of the Netherlands.

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The Indian side was represented by senior officials from the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

India-Netherlands 8th JWG Meeting: Discussion

India and Netherlands discussed the contribution of the Centres of Excellence (CoEs) established under bilateral collaboration, which have demonstrated advanced technologies, facilitated the production of high-quality planting material and seeds, and provided training to thousands of farmers in the 8th Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Agriculture.

The success of this model has inspired efforts to scale up similar initiatives across additional states and subsectors of horticulture to benefit more farmers.

India-Netherlands 8th JWG Meeting: Review

The India-Netherlands 8th JWG Meeting was reviewed ongoing areas of cooperation and explored potential new avenues, including phytosanitary cooperation, the seed sector, animal husbandry and dairy, food processing, food safety, circular agriculture, greenhouse technologies, knowledge exchange, innovation, and naturally ventilated polyhouses.

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Both sides expressed satisfaction with the constructive and result-oriented discussions and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation in the agriculture and allied sectors.

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