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Africa can become one of the world’s food baskets as a result of technology, cheap trade tariffs, and farmer incentives, these were some of the topics covered during panel discussions at the BRICS Business Forum.
The promotion of trade and investment in agriculture among the BRICS nations as well as sustainable development will not only increase food security but using technology to modernise and streamline the agricultural sector might lower costs, contribute to global carbon reduction efforts, and possibly turn Africa into the world’s food basket.
Chairman and Global CEO of UPL and BRICS Business Council member of India, Jai Shroff spoke about how climate change impacted the sector the most and he said if BRICS could take the lead to reward farmers for sustainable behaviour, there would be massive change in the efforts to decarbonise the world”.
Shroff added that beyond the carbon credit, farmers should be
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