New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) India and Sri Lanka discussed collaboration in key areas, including farm mechanisation, organic and natural farming, seed sector development, agri-entrepreneurship, agricultural education, soil health management, market access, and climate-resilient agriculture at the first Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Agriculture between the Asian countries was held on Thursday.

The meeting was co-chaired by Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and D. P. Wickramasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, Government of Sri Lanka.

Both sides discussed Opportunities for joint research, and capacity building were also explored.

The meeting also covered initiatives such as digital agriculture, crop insu

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