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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...
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...