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24 September 2017
In what can be termed as a mega event, more than 10 lac farmers  from the State of Karnataka attended and participated in a Krishi mela (farmers fair) organised by the University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, in partnership with Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development and The Food and Agriculture Organization of...
14 September 2017
A two-day national meeting of experts on Agriculture Markets, Price Data Visualization and Early Warning System is being organised by FAO and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) from today. The meeting is attended by academicians, statisticians, policy makers and bankers. In his inaugural speech, Prof. Abhijit Sen stressed on...
11 September 2017
A two-day national meeting of experts on Agriculture Markets, Price Data Visualization and Early Warning System is being organised by FAO and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) from today. The meeting is attended by academicians, statisticians, policy makers and bankers. In his inaugural speech, Prof. Abhijit Sen stressed on...
04 September 2017
FAO under the project “Strengthening Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) in India Using Innovative Methods and Digital Technology” funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, organized a day-long workshop on Agricultural...
17 July 2017
In collaboration with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), FAO had supported the establishment of the Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) by bringing together a large number of ICAR laboratories. In a recent FAO-ICAR meeting (held at Mumbai on 14 July) of identified experts as well as...