By Smita Sirohi

As the world observes World Food Day 2025 under the theme, “Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future”, it is a moment to reflect on the purpose of agri-trade not as a race for market share, but as a platform for shared prosperity. For a country like India, the challenge and opportunity lie in making trade not only safe and competitive, but also inclusive and transformative.

But this future is unfolding against an uncertain backdrop. While the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook notes that global real prices of agricultural commodities may soften in the coming years due to productivity gains, the projections remain inherently uncertain—due to a complex interplay of weather, disease outbreaks, geopolitical tensions, and shifting policies that can trigger volatility in p

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