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A ceremony was held at the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad to mark the World Food Day. The theme for World Food Day this year is “Climate is changing. Food and Agriculture must too.”Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan was the...

The closing ceremony of Balochistan Agriculture Project (BAP) was held in Islamabad. Launched in 2005, the project endeavored to respect the dignity of the recipient communities in its work and to avoid creating the culture of dependency on assistance.The Balochistan Agriculture Project was designed and implemented by the Food and...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, José Graziano da Silva, was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Pakistan’s University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS). The degree was conferred by the UVAS chancellor Mr Muhammad Rafique Rajwana in acknowledgement of Graziano...

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) and U.S. Department for Agriculture (USDA) convened a one day commodity-based workshop on “Wheat Production: Balanced Use of Fertilizer and Food Security” in Karachi. The...

Integrated Food Insecurity Phase Classification (IPC) trainings were held in Islamabad recently.The first of the two trainings was a 5 day IPC Chronic training called Evidence Preparation for IPC Chronic Analysis. It was held in Islamabad from 8th -12th August 2016. Evidence Preparation for IPC Chronic Analysis is the second...