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26 May 2020
The UN General Assembly declared 20 May as World Bee Day to be celebrated annually, in an effort to generate greater awareness about the important role that bees play in the environment. On this occasion, a webinartitled, ‘Sweet Revolution and Atmanirbhar Bharat’wasorganized bythe National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) in partnership...
11 March 2020
FAO organized a virtual meeting of Ministers of four South Western Asian Countries on March 11, 2020 to effectively respond to the current Desert Locust spring breeding and a potential threat of swarm invasion at the beginning of the summer in the South-West Asia region. The meeting was requested by...
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...