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12 December 2016
Mr. Shyam Khadka, FAO Representative in India, was conferred the with 2016 Universal Human Rights Promotion Award at the 17th World Human Rights Congress organized by the Institute of Human Rights at India International Centre on 10 December 2016. The award was received by Dr. G.G. Koppa, Assistant FAO Representative on...
04 October 2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing this Seminar in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. The Seminar aims to bring together experts from several countries with advanced knowledge of systems and methodologies for measurement of private food grain stocks to...
13 September 2016
New agreement aims to ensure capacity development, farmers’ access to productive resources, knowledge exchange Empowering rural women is key to boosting rural economies and reducing poverty. Women weighing vegetables before sale in Krishi Vigyan Kendras, India.  
12 August 2016
The national inception workshop for the first of its kind Green Agriculture project was held on Thursday, 11 August 2016 at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. The project titled “Transforming Indian Agriculture for Global Environmental Benefit and Conservation of Critical Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity in Different Landscape” is funded by the...
10 August 2016
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has approved the Government of India (MoAFW and MOEFCC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Project Identified Form (PIF) with project titled as “Green Agriculture: Transforming Indian Agriculture for Global Environmental Benefit and Conservation of Critical Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity in...