The UAE has, in recent years, cemented India’s role as a trusted trade partner through a series of agreements. These include the announcement of the Food Security Corridor in 2019, involving close to $7 billion in investment for the development of food parks in India, and, more recently, the UAE’s commitment of an additional $2 billion for similar projects. These food parks aim to draw on “advanced agricultural technology, clean technology and renewable energy technologies from Israel and the United States” to improve agricultural processing productivity.
With its heavy focus on foreign technology to capitalise on India’s land and labour, this initiative is reminiscent of India’s Green Revolution of the 1960s. While this technological push holds immense potential for expanding India’s agricultural sector, it is also worth revisiting some of the drawbacks of the Green Revolution that may signal future concerns.