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12 December 2022
FAO facilitated the ninth Advisory Board Meeting of the Indian Network for Fishery and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) on December 07, 2022 at Kolkata. The meeting saw participation from senior officials of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) focal points from the Indian Council of Medical...
09 December 2022
FAO organised the fifth annual meeting of all the members of the Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) on December 06, 2022 at Kolkata. The meeting was chaired by Dr BN Tripathy, Deputy Director General - Animal Sciences, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). Dr Ashok...
07 December 2022
FAO organised a training on WHONET for all members of the Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) primarily for troubleshooting, at Kolkata on December 05, 2022. It was facilitated by two international trainers, Prof Jyoti Iravane and Dr Rajesh Bhatia, and attended by over 30 participants. WHONET is...
21 November 2022
As a part of FAO’s Green-Ag project, a two-day CDW on Sustainable Agriculture was organised at the Directorate of Agriculture, Aizawl, Mizoram from November 16 to17, 2022.  The purpose of the workshop was to deliberate and develop a Farmer Field School (FFS) curriculum with good agriculture practices for upland Rice...
14 November 2022
The Government of Odisha organised the first ever Millets festival, Mandia Dibasa, on November 10, 2022. The aim of celebrating the day is to promote mandia or millets. Millets, often called nutri-cereals, have been a part of India’s culture and agriculture since ancient times. Millets offer numerous benefits such as...