New Delhi | 25 September 2026: Nilaya Varma, Group CEO & Co‑Founder of Primus Partners India, participated in “The Future of Climate‑Smart Agriculture” during New York Climate Week 2026, hosted by Evergreen Innovation Platform and partners.
The session convened global leaders, innovators, and investors from the US, India, and Israel to discuss how technology and innovation can reshape food systems and strengthen climate resilience.
Panel Focus
- Session: “Innovation as a Pathway to Climate Resilience in Global Food Systems”.
- Explored how emerging technologies, cross‑border collaboration, and innovation‑led approaches can support sustainable agriculture.
- Stakeholders included experts from climate technology, agrifood, investment, policy, and research.
Nilaya Varma’s Key Insights: “Climate resilience in agriculture is no longer only about adapting to changing weather patterns. It is about rethinking the entire food system through technology, innovation, finance and stronger collaboration across stakeholders. Farmers are among the world’s most under‑recognised entrepreneurs… Building resilience requires giving them better tools to manage risks.”
- India’s opportunity: Demonstrating scalable climate resilience through digital aggregation of smallholder farmers.
- Combining digital public infrastructure with farm‑level data enables:
- Predictive intelligence.
- Risk management.
- Improved access to finance.
- Earlier interventions to prevent agricultural distress.
Strategic Significance
- Moving climate‑smart agriculture from pilot stage to wider adoption and scale.
- Strengthening collaboration between innovators, investors, policymakers, farmers, and industry stakeholders.
- Leveraging India’s technology ecosystem and scalable digital infrastructure to enhance productivity, efficiency, and resilience.
About Primus Partners
Primus Partners is a global management consulting firm specialising in policy, strategy, technology, and sustainability. With expertise across public policy, digital transformation, infrastructure, climate, healthcare, and emerging technologies, Primus Partners combines strategic thinking with on‑ground implementation to deliver measurable outcomes.
🌐 Website: www.primuspartners.in
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