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06 March 2020
FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is designing the ‘Transforming Rice-Wheat Food Systems in India’ project. The project is part of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Impact Program on Food Systems, Land Use and...
25 February 2020
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) partnered with FAO for the implementation of a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project on “Strengthening Agriculture and Allied Sector Contribution to India’s National Biodiversity Action Plan...
22 February 2020
The project ‘’ Strengthening Spice Value Chain in India and improving market access through capacity building’’ was launched on 22 February 2020 at Kochi, Kerala by Spices Board of India and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Hon’ble Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Shri Som...
10 February 2020
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) and the Global Pulse Confederation (GPC) jointly organized the World Pulses Day on February 9&10, 2020 in New Delhi. Based on the successful implementation of the 2016 International Year of Pulses, wherein FAO played...
16 January 2020
On 16 January 2020, FAO joined hands with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT),  the USAID, WHO, and UNEP in organizing a multi-stakeholder advocacy meeting to mitigate impact...