Expressing his desire to meet UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in this connection, Deputy High Commissioner of Australia in India Bernard Philip said, "We would like to extend cooperation to UP in the field of agriculture specially in mango exports... It's India's power house in agriculture." Australia's entire mango import is from UP, he claimed.u00a0

Describing water security as one of India's greatest long-term development challenges, Philip said that Lucknow's river side development project is of Australia's interest and its expertise could help show how to open up a river for public use with tourism offerings ensuring environmental issues.