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29 November 2019
National Inception Workshop of the Technical Cooperation Programme held at National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Hyderabad on 29 – 30 November 2019. The workshop was jointly organized by FAO of the UN, Department of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage (DPPQS), and National Institute of Plant Health Management, Ministry of...
11 November 2019
Gwalior (MP): A three-day ‘Green-Ag project’ National Inception Workshop was held between 7-9 November 2019 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to inform and orient operational partners and key relevant government officials in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on the...
30 October 2019
In Nagaland and Mizoram, FAO organized trainings of Master Trainers in September and October 2019, on Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT), Soil and Water Conservation (SWC), Agronomy of sustainable Jhum, Terrace Rice Cultivation (TRC), Sustainable Fruits and Spices production, and Livestock Development (Piggery and Poultry). The trainings involved use of...
16 October 2019
On the occasion of World Food Day 2019, the three Rome Based UN agencies (RBAs) in India - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) came together to deliberate on the issue...
10 September 2019
The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNCCD COP 14 took place from September 2-13, 2019, in New Delhi, India. Nearly 6, 000 participants from all over the world took part in this event. The Parties to the Convention agreed on the actions each would...