Indore Declaration Marks New Chapter in Global Agriculture, Places Farmers at the Heart of BRICS Agenda

• Indore Declaration is the outcome document of the 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, unanimously adopted at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 13 June 2026, under India's BRICS chairship of the agriculture track.
• Places farmer welfare, food & nutrition security, climate-resilient regenerative agriculture, agri-trade and digital agriculture at the centre of the BRICS agenda; launches four new institutional platforms for cooperation.
• Relevant for UPSC as a current-affairs anchor for BRICS expansion, India's agri-diplomacy, climate-smart farming, digital public infrastructure (DPI) in agriculture, and food security.