FAO in India

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08 October 2018
In accordance with the National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) , the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), with technical and financial support from FAO has forged a network of laboratories from different parts of India to undertake surveillance of AMR in animal health and fisheries sectors. This...
08 October 2018
In collaboration with FAO, the state of Kerala in southern part of India through its Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) organised a 2 day meeting on One Health at Kochi. During early 2018, Kerala was hit for the first time by an outbreak of Nipah virus that claimed...
28 September 2018
Mr. Manoj Singh, National Project Coordinator spoke on the theme of “Food Value Chain Partnerships” – End to End Approach at the conference organized by ASSOCHAM (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India) and supported by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Government of...
21 September 2018
The project launch of the Green Agriculture project  jointly organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) and the Food and Agriculture Organization  of the United Nations (FAO) took place yesterday (17 September 2018) at New Delhi. Speaking at the launch, the Joint Secretaries from the Ministry of Agriculture...
29 August 2018
FAO India has been actively engaging with senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (MoAFW) and members from ICAR on FAW related issues, as FAO has been the lead institution to coordinate the response to the FAW emergency in Africa. Ms. Anne-Sophie Poisot, FAOR (a.i.) has presented FAO's Global Coordination work on the...