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(L-R): Rupa Naik, Senior Director, MVIRDC WTC Mumbai, Captain Somesh Batra, Vice Chairman, MVIRDC WTC Mumbai, Rosimar Da Silva Suzano, Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai, Vijay Kalantri, President, AIAI and Marcelo Eduardo Lüders, President, IBRAFE (Brazilian Institute of Beans and Pulses) during an interactive meeting organized by MVIRDC WTC in association with AIAI on November 1, 2017 at World Trade Centre Mumbai.
“We should look at ways to improve Brazil-India strategic partnership and jointly explore real possibilities to increase the existing trade basket between our countries by holding periodic discussions. There still exist big possibilities of supplying more agro products to India. So let us work together in creating a conducive environment toward increasing bilateral trade between our countries,” said Marcelo Eduardo Lüders, President, IBRAFE at an interactive meeting with a high-level Brazilian business delegation representing Agro & Agro Processing Food Technology Industry organized by MVIRDC World Trade Centre (WTC) in association with All India Association of Industries (AIAI).
Earlier in his welcome address, Vijay Kalantri, President, AIAI said,” Brazil can help India in acquiring the latest agri-technology in order to increase its agro production. India can learn a lot from Brazil so that it could foster fruitful collaborations with the private sector in agriculture, which is currently only with the public sector. 40 per cent of the agriculture produce perishes even before it reaches the markets, Brazil can share its expertise in averting such post-harvest waste.
Brazil can take advantage of the opportunities of India’s ambitious programmes such as Make in India, Digital India, Startup India etc. The World Bank in its Ease of Doing Business Rankings 2018 announced yesterday has declared that India has jumped 30 notches which is a positive move for Brazil to take stock and foster collaborations in areas such as mining, energy and bio-feuls, Kalantri opined.