The 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting adopted the BRICS Indore Declaration during India's Presidency in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
The meeting was held with the theme "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS)."
The declaration focuses on food security, nutrition, agricultural trade, climate-resilient farming, and digital agriculture.
It proposes the launch of the Global Forum on Farmers' Rights in Seed Systems to protect farmers' seed rights and indigenous knowledge.
It supports the proposed BRICS Grain Exchange and the launch of BRICS AGRIN (Agro-Inputs, Genetic Resources and Information Network) for cooperation in seeds and agricultural inputs.
It also calls for expanding Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in agriculture and establishing a BRICS Network on Digital Agriculture, initially coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.