Overview

• ICAR on September 22 inaugurated Maitri 2.0, a five-day cross-border agri-tech incubators program running through September 26 in New Delhi.
• The initiative activates two pillars from the 10-year roadmap set in July: agricultural cooperation for food security and cooperation in science, technology and innovation.
• Researchers from both countries are beginning joint work on climate resilience, extreme-weather adaptation and raising farm productivity.
• The program strengthens ties between incubators through co-incubation and cross-border start-up exchanges, building on the 2019–2020 Maitri-1.0 effort.
• Brazil’s ambassador urged closer economic coordination given U.S. tariff shifts, calling the collaboration an opportunity for two agricultural powerhouses.