FAO in India

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07 July 2017
In a two-day meeting of national experts, held at Bangalore, India from 5-6 July 2017, FAO facilitated finalization of 17 research priorities on AMR. The research priorities pertain to surveillance and monitoring of AMR, transmission dynamics of resistance, socio-economic perspectives of AMR and assessment of field-based interventions (e.g. diagnosis, detection,...
31 March 2017
FAO in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized a meeting at Central Institute for Fisheries Technology, Kochi, India on 27-28 March 2017 to identify research priorities in veterinary sector on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). 35 researchers from livestock, fishery and human health sectors attended this meeting. Experts from FAO and USAID facilitated. The...
24 March 2017
FAO in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized a meeting at Kolkatta, India on 7-8 March 2017 and facilitated establishment of a national network of veterinary laboratories for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India.  Provisionally the network has been named as Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial...
14 February 2017
FAO under the project “Strengthening Agricultural Market Information Systems in India Using Innovative Methods and Digital Technology (AMIS)” is providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) and has organized a training workshop on the application of Advance Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) for agricultural surveys...
19 January 2017
A joint meeting of microbiologists and data management experts from human health and animal health sectors was co–organized by FAO and the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) at National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI), Bengaluru, India from 18-19 January, 2017. The meeting was timed to synchronize with the drafting of India's National Action Plan (NAP) likely...