The Saskatchewan India Office, the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan’s India focused trade and investment office based at the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi, is in the midst of a series of engagements across India promoting the Province of Saskatchewan, it’s R&D institutes, and it’s companies as the partner of choice to advance India’s aims for nutritional security and improve India’s overall agri value chain through access to world class agricultural practices, equipment, and technology.
The four-part, invitation only, Saskatchewan Trade and Investment Roadshow Focus Agriculture and Agri-Tech events launched in Hyderabad the first week of September and was followed up shortly by Kolkata Sept 17th. The third instalment was held in Mumbai on Oct 1 where the event drew the attention of the office of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Speaking to the attendees on Wednesday, the Chief Economic Advisor to the Honorable Chief Minister and Chief Executive Officer MITRA, Shri Praveensingh Pardeshi IAS, called on Saskatchewan to ‘partner asap’ with the state of Maharashtra in the areas of pulse protein fortification and enrichment technologies, large scale Agri-economy, recycling agri waste to energy and organic fertilizer, collaborate with FPO’s to increase farmer efficiency and reduce post-harvest losses, collaborate with SMART on pulse production through the Indo Pulses Development Association (IPDA), as well as various horticulture councils to create stronger industry standards on farm to consumer value chains.
Other speakers at the event included H.E. Jeff David the Consul General of Canada in Mumbai, Mr. Scott Matthies Managing Director of the Saskatchewan India Office, Mr. Hemant Vasekar IAS Project Director SMART, Dr. Rajaram Dighe CEO Maharashtra Village Social Transformation foundation, and presentations from senior executives from the Global Institute for Food Security, Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP), Xact Agriculture, NrGene Canada, Enargia, and Proveta/Ghaziabad Organics. The event was rounded out by a panel discussion on international agri-innovation collaboration comprised of Mahindra & Mahindra, ETG Global, IPDA, and ACI Organic Pvt Ltd chaired by the Government of Saskatchewan’s India Office.
The fourth and final instalment in the current Saskatchewan Trade and Investment Roadshow Focus Agriculture and Agritech series touches down in Lucknow on Oct 15th.
The Province of Saskatchewan is the world’s largest exporter and least carbon intensive producer of Canola, yellow peas, lentils, durum wheat, oats, and Potash and is a long-standing major trading partner with India having exported $1 Billion in yellow peas and lentils to India in 2024. Saskatchewan is home to world class agri-research and development institutes, agritech and ag machinery production, and a robust agri-start up ecosystem.
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