• A joint India – UK meeting was held virtually to collaborate on the important issues of mutual concern like achieving the goals of food security and zero hunger.
Aim:
  • India and UK are intending to expand the areas of collaboration in various dimensions of science like agriculture, medicine, food, pharma, engineering, and defence.
Important Highlights:
  • The India – UK collaboration includes programmes like exchange of students, basic research, technology development, product development, and product demonstration and their implementation.
  • The shrinking arable land in the South Asian region and the implications of climate change are major challenges that were addressed.
  • According to World Bank Group data, about 43.18% of the land in South Asia is arable, which has been stagnant since 1970.
  • The areas of food and nutrition were discussed with a primary focus on the improvement of nutritional quality of foods that reaches all citizens across the country.
  • This will be a forward-looking step towards the achievement of SDG 2 that aspires for zero hunger.
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