India, Feb. 14 -- This collaboration seeks to enhance competitive advantage, market access, technical functions, and policy advocacy for the targeted commodity

ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indo Fruits Development Council (IFDC), Pune, for collaborative capacity building of stakeholders in the grape value chain.Dr Kaushik Banerjee, Director, ICAR-NRCG, briefed about the ongoing research activities of the Institute.

Sopan Kanchan, Director (IFDC) and President (Grape Growers Federation of India), elaborated on the anticipated future progress of the IFDC-NRCG collaboration.

The IFDC is the first commodity stewardship council under the 'Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness & Rura...