Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian and Indian prime ministers Mark Carney and Narendra Modi held on Tuesday what they called a productive first bilateral meeting since then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi in 2023 of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist.
Carney, Modi hold talks to reset India and Canada ties after tense two years
Canadian farmers hope to export more products, including lentils, to India says Pulse Canada
Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit
Agriculture didn’t make the G7 agenda ,yet speakers at the Americas AgForum25 said it forms the foundation for global solutions
Reading Time: 3 minutes The forum hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was designed to ensure agriculture and food stays on world leaders' radar.
Trump says Canada-U.S. trade deal achievable
Reading Time: < 1 minute A trade deal between Canada and the U.S. may be achievable, says President Donald Trump. Trump addressed media with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday at the G7 meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta.
G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation
Increasingly volatile geopolitical, economic, environmental landscape pressuring farmers say groups
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.
India’s Modi to attend G7 summit in Canada
India and Canada to work together “with renewed vigour”
Reading Time: < 1 minute India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looked forward to meeting his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney during the G7 summit, after the latter invited him to the gathering over a phone call on Friday.
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture to hold Alberta forum
The Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum will be held at Olds College and run parallel to the G7 meeting in Kananaskis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada's office of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) will host the 2025 Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum at Olds College at the same time as the G7 summit on June 15-17.
G7 leaders launch initiative for global food security
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bari, Italy | Reuters – Group of Seven leaders have pledged to step up efforts against global malnutrition, according to a draft statement on Friday that noted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had “aggravated” the world’s food problems. The G7 Apulia Food Systems Initiative (AFSI) – named after the Southern Italian region hosting the leaders’ summit – will […] Read more
Moscow would scrap grain deal if G7 bans exports, Medvedev warns
G7 said to be considering blanket ban on exports to Russia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that if the G7 moved to ban exports to Russia, Moscow would respond by terminating the Black Sea Grain deal that enables vital exports of grain from Ukraine. The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, Japan’s Kyodo […] Read more
G7 ag ministers urge end to food export curbs as prices surge
Nations warn against 'speculative behaviour'
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hamburg | Reuters — Global food exporting countries should not restrict food exports after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut world supplies, agriculture ministers of the G7 group of nations said on Friday. The impact on markets escalated this week as a growing list of food producing countries restricted exports, keeping vital supplies within their borders. […] Read more
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