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03 August 2020
As a part of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) “Strengthening capacities for nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in India” project, a tutor briefing workshop was organized in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN), between July 15 and August 3, 2020. FAO Representative...
28 July 2020
The Green-Ag Project State Inception workshop inauguration programme, was held in Aizwal to inform and orient different stakeholders about the project objective.  The Green-Ag project aims to catalyse sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture, without compromising the country’s food security and farmers’ income. The project seeks to mainstream biodiversity, climate change, and...
22 July 2020
FAO India organized a virtual training programme on ‘Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Maize Crop with special reference to Fall Army Worm (FAW)’ from July 21-22, 2020 as a part of   FAO’s “Time-critical measures to support early warning and monitoring and sustainable management of the Fall Armyworm in India” project. The...
13 July 2020
On 22nd June, 2020,Mr Tomio Shichiri, FAO Representative, India inaugurated the USAID-ICAR-FAO Online Training Course on Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for the members of the Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal AMR (INFAAR). This two day (June 22-23, 2020) training course was attended by 45 officials of the Indian...
05 June 2020
On June 05, 2020, the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) organized a webinar entitled, ‘Sahakar Suraksha: The Locust Issue for Agri–Cooperatives’ to generate awareness on locust incursions in India. The webinar was streamed live on the Facebook and YouTube page of NCDC India. Shri Dinesh Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar...