India, Canada to collaborate in agriculture

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Uganda will co-operate "more vigorously" in the agriculture and fisheries sector, Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas said here Thursday.

October 2nd, 2009 TORONTO - India and Canada have agreed to work on a time-bound action plan to push their annual trade from $4.6 billion to higher levels. To boost their economic partnership, the two sides discussed civilian nuclear cooperation, investment promotion and protection, high-level visits between the two countries, and India-Canada CEO roundtable meetings.

September 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Bilateral trade between India and Canada is expected to grow threefold in five years, according to Gerald Keddy, the parliamentary secretary to the North American country's international trade minister. "We are looking at a bilateral trade of $14 billion in the next five years," Keddy said at a press meet here Wednesday after inaugurating the Canada Trade Office.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Praising India's rich knowledge in agriculture, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said India is a key player in helping the US achieve global food security and end hunger. President Obama and I had a signature issue - food security and ending hunger.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The drizzle stopped and the sun came out as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at an agricultural research institute Sunday to watch some paddy sowing and speak on Indo-US farm cooperation - from under the shade of a mulberry tree. "Look at the co-incidence - Hillary under a mulberry," quipped a senior scientist at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) on Pusa Road, watching Clinton standing along with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar under the dense shade of a dark green mulberry tree at the institute campus.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said the US and India will explore new areas of cooperation in agriculture which she described as one of the five pillars of their strategic partnership. Agriculture is one of our five pillars of discussions.

June 5th, 2009 TORONTO - The Canadian province of Manitoba has signed an agreement with Punjab to set up a food development centre in the Indian state. Punjab Agriculture Minister Sucha Singh Langah, who is leading an eight-member delegation to the Canadian province, signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday with Manitoba's Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk in Winnipeg.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Folk legend Bob Dylan may collaborate with Sir Paul McCartney for a duet after he gave the nod to the Beatles star's proposal of working together. McCartney had announced in 2008 that working with Dylan was one of his major ambitions.

April 4th, 2009 TORONTO - China and Brazil have left India way behind in promoting trade ties with Canada as the world's ninth largest economy tries to reduce its economic dependence on the US. Though Canada and the US are the two biggest trading partners in the world with their annual bilateral trade of nearly $700 billion, Canada has started diversifying into other markets as figures released Friday by Statistics Canada revealed.

March 6th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will visit India from March 13 to open his country's new trade office in Kolkata. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had announced the opening of two new trade offices in India - Hyderabad and Kolkata - last year at the first annual gala of the Canada-India Foundation.

February 27th, 2009 TORONTO - Under a new research partnership between Canada and India, a Canadian professor will collaborate with a professor from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in wireless communication research. Robert Schober of Vancouver-based University of British Columbia will work with Ranjan Mallik of IIT Delhi to 'tackle some of the most pressing problems in wireless communication system design'.

February 13th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada's Industry Minister Tony Clement will become the fourth cabinet minister to visit India within a month when he arrives in New Delhi Saturday on a five-day visit. Though no major agreements are likely to be signed by Clement who will meet his Indian counterparts and business leaders, the visit is being seen here as part of the Canadian effort to deepen its business ties with India.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Canada have decided to strengthen business and trade ties that will open fresh opportunities 'for our respective business communities', Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Wednesday after holding talks with Canada's Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day here. The two leaders also agreed to take forward talks for the proposed comprehensive economic partnership agreement.

January 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Despite the presence of more Indian origin members in the Canadian parliament compared to the Chinese, the Indians hold less clout, feels Punjab-born MP Ujjal Dosanjh. 'Yes, India may have more representation in the house but still the Chinese have bigger clout than Indians in Canadian politics.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - To have better economic relations and also increase the bilateral trade from the current $4 billion, India and Canada should work towards signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a Canadian official said. 'Both the countries can pursue a FTA within the next 10 years.