Overview
- Agriculture ministers meeting in Indore unanimously adopted the Indore Declaration on June 13, committing BRICS members to deepen cooperation on food and nutritional security.
- The group announced new institutional initiatives — a Global Forum on Farmers' Rights in Seed Systems, a BRICS AGRIN Network, a Digital Agriculture Network, and Centres of Excellence on agroecology — with India named to coordinate several platforms through IIFSR/ICAR and IIT Delhi.
- The ministers placed small and marginal farmers, greater participation of women and youth, and climate‑resilient, technology‑driven practices at the centre of the declaration to boost livelihoods and farm-level resilience.
- Delegations agreed to keep working on operational details for a proposed BRICS Grain Exchange to strengthen foodgrain trade and supply chains; practical steps, funding and timelines were not finalised.
- Because BRICS account for a large share of global farmland and foodgrain output, the declaration could shift research, seed access and digital services to millions of smallholders if the announced networks are funded and quickly implemented.