FAO in India

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16 October 2020
On the occasion of World Food Day, 2020 and FAO’s 75th anniversary, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the three Rome Based Agencies (RBAs) namely Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) organized a...
24 September 2020
A day long online training programme was organised by the FAO on quality systems in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) laboratories to orient members of the Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) on September 24, 2020. The importance of quality in the functioning of laboratories working on AMR, particularly in...
22 September 2020
FAO India in collaboration with the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized and facilitated a virtual meeting with representatives of the poultry industry and related organizations on September 22, 2020. This meeting was conducted with the aim of raising awareness of the poultry industry on the rational use of...
15 September 2020
The Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) constituted by the Government of India (GoI), held its fifth advisory board, and third annual meetings, virtually on September 14-15, 2020. The Advisory Board meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Director Generals for Animal Sciences and Fisheries of the Indian Council...
04 September 2020
On September 04, 2020, a virtual training session on “Integrated Pest Management for Maize Crop with special reference to Fall Armyworm (FAW) in North East Hill (NEH) region" was conducted by FAO India and the Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) for...