What happened:
On January 10, 2026, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a bilateral meeting with Fiji’s Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, Tomasi Tunabuna, in New Delhi. The two sides discussed ongoing cooperation and agreed to extend the existing Memorandum of Understanding for another five years. They also decided to establish a Joint Working Group to advance collaboration in areas such as student exchanges, training and capacity-building, technology sharing, digital agriculture, research infrastructure, genetic exchange, and reducing food loss and waste.
Why it matters to India:
The engagement strengthens India–Fiji relations by reinforcing agriculture and food security as key pillars of bilateral cooperation. It enhances India’s role in capacity-building and technology transfer in the Pacific region, deepens people-to-people and institutional linkages, and aligns with India’s broader outreach to island nations and the Global South through development-focused partnerships.