India has inked 20 MoUs in the field of agriculture with the US, Russia, Italy and others in the last three years for cooperation in research and development and capacity building, Parliament was informed today.

Besides fostering bilateral partnership, India also entered into agreement in the farm sector in multilateral format.

Broad-based and inclusive multilateral cooperation is pursued through international organisations such as Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) etc, the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.