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26 August 2021
The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), India together with FAO organised a workshop on August 24, 2021 titled, “Development of Training Package for Integrating Nutrition into Extension Advisory Service (EAS) training Programmes in India”. This is a part of FAO’s project on, “Strengthening Capacity for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture...
12 July 2021
FAO team led by India Representative, Mr. Tomio Shichiri visited the State of Uttarakhand on July 12-13, 2021 and met with the Hon’ble Minister for Watershed and Tourism in the State, Shri. Satpal Maharaj to discuss the FAO Green-Ag project. Shri. Satpal Maharaj and key Government officials expressed their continued...
29 June 2021
The Government of India has been observing 29th June every year since 2007 as "Statistics Day", to mark the birth anniversary of Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, also in recognition of his valuable contribution to the field of official statistics and to popularize the use of Statistics in everyday life. Statistics...
25 June 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) released the third study under the series on Indigenous peoples’ food systems on June 25, 2021, at Rome.  The flagship publication titled, “Indigenous Peoples' Food System,...
26 May 2021
A day long training programme to build awareness on the management of Fall army Worms (FAW) affecting Maize crops in Nagaland was organized on  May 24, 2021 by FAO in collaboration with the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR)-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR). This initiative is a part of...