UAE, India food ministers hold meeting

DUBAI. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, India’s Minister of Food Processing Industries, yesterday met Mariam Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Food Security, in Dubai on the sidelines of Gulfood 2020. They discussed UAE investments in food corridors in India and new areas of cooperation such as saline water agriculture. The UAE is positive on opportunities for investing in various areas of food processing such as cold chains, food parks, contract farming and logistics. Earlier, Badal addressed a business roundtable on opportunities in the food processing sector in India.