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All BRICS member countries work together towards ensuring food security: union Minister

Bhopal, June 12 (UNI) Appealing to BRICS nations for greater collaboration, union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today urged all member countries to work together towards empowering small farmers, ensuring food security and promoting sustainable agricultural development across the world.
Addressing a two-day conference of the Agriculture Ministers of BRICS nations including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, he expressed confidence that the conference would help create stronger partnerships through exchange of experiences, technological cooperation and policy dialogue.
According to him, collective efforts by BRICS nations can provide a new direction to global agriculture and contribute significantly to building a more secure, sustainable and inclusive agricultural future.
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