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05 June 2024
On World Environment Day 2024, Dr Konda Reddy Chavva, Assistant FAO Representative in India, participated in a workshop on ‘Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience’, held on 5 June 2024 in Dehradun.  The workshop was organized by the Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Land Management (CoE-SLM) of the Indian Council...
05 June 2024
Authored by Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India Today, land degradation, desertification and drought are threatening agrifood systems globally. According to reports, in India, approximately 32 percent of the land is degraded, and 25 percent is undergoing desertification. Despite India’s vast agricultural land area and diverse ecosystems, land degradation and desertification...
17 May 2024
Experts gain skills needed to gather data for Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 Remote Sensing Survey Dehradun – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Forest Survey of India (FSI) this week held a workshop to train participants who will gather data for the Remote Sensing...
07 May 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a one-day consultation with senior officials from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) to discuss ongoing and future collaborative initiatives of FAO and the Government of India. The consultation was attended by Mr Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in...
02 May 2024
Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India along with Dr Roderico Ofrin WHO Representative to India, and the FAO ECTAD India team visited the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in New Delhi on 2 May 2024 to gain first-hand knowledge of health information management. NCDC has developed an Integrated Health Information...