Minister Radha Mohan Singh meets with Environment & Food Minister of Denmark

Shri Singh said that he is confident that the regular exchange of high-level visits and interactions under the various institutional mechanisms like Joint Commission Meetings and Joint Working Groups will take the relationship to a higher level.

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh in his meeting with Mr Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Minister for Environment and Food, Denmark solicited greater cooperation in animal health, dairy, food processing and packaging within Mega Food Park, retail marketing, cold chains, warehousing and logistics and post-harvest technology. Shri Singh said that he is confident that the regular exchange of high-level visits and interactions under the various institutional mechanisms like Joint Commission Meetings and Joint Working Groups will take the relationship to a higher level.

Shri Singh informed that under Modi government India has made tremendous progress in agriculture and allied sectors and has achieved food security also becoming a net exporter of agriculture commodities. He reiterated the government's resolve in doubling farmers' income by 2022 through a series of focused programmes including Soil Health Card, Organic farming, Crop insurance, irrigation, e-NAM and strengthening post-harvest management.

(With Inputs from PIB)