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Islamabad, 28-29 April 2015: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is conducting a two days International Conference on the “Innovative Agricultural Financing’ from 28 to 29 April 2015 in Islamabad. The Conference aims to discuss innovative strategies...

Karachi, 01 April 2015: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have organized a five days Training of Trainers (ToT) on “Agricultural Value Chain Financing’ from 30 March to 3 April 2015 in Karachi. Two international Master Trainers, Mr....

FAO projects for the control of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and peste des petites ruminants (PPR), both funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Participated in 4th Dawn Sarsabz Pakistan Agri Expo from 19-20 March 2015, in Lahore. This Agri Expo is set to be Pakistan's largest...

The worldwide surge in obesity rivals war and smoking in terms of the global economic burden it imposes. Obesity is no longer a concern solely of higher income, developed countries. The prevalence of obesity and overweight has risen in all regions, including in low-income countries. Today, nearly half of all...

Islamabad, 17 March 2015: FAO Project, “Progressive Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Pakistan” has organized a training course to determine the quality of FMD vaccines. The training course is being held at the National Veterinary Laboratories (NVL) Islamabad from 17 to 28 March 2015. An international expert Dr....