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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...
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...