India

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Statistical Data and Reports

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World Food Day News and Events

16-10-2006 Main programme

16-10-2006 Elocution competition for Fight Against Hunger Trophy

16-10-2006 Release the special issue of October’s children’s global newspaper - The Yamuna

16-10-2006 World Food Day celebration in Solan

16-10-2006 WFD in Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Univ. of Delhi.

16-10-2006 WFD in collaboration with BIRDS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bekgaum, Karnataka

16-10-2005 Workshop on Plant Variety Protection

16-10-2005 World Food Day celebration by AME Foundation

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15-10-2005 Society for Popularization of Science and Jammu Consumers Council, Jammu

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14-10-2005 WFD Main programme

14-10-2005 Essay and Elocution Contest for Fight Against Trophy

14-10-2005 WFD- Indian Agri Research Institute

14-10-2005 Publilishing of special issue of Yamuna- a children’s news paper

9-12-2004 India activities conducted in celebration of WFD 2004:

16-10-2004 FAO/GOI Celebrations

16-10-2004 school/college competitions

14-10-2004 Essay/Elocution

16-10-2003 India Celebrates World Food Day 2003

16-10-2003 Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Science for Women Organizes a Technical Session for WFD

16-10-2003 World Food Day Inter-School Essay Competition

16-10-2003 Neelkanth India Education Society Celebrates World Food Day

16-10-2003 The Government of Delhi Celebrates World Food Day

16-10-2003 India Holds Main Function for World Food Day

16-10-2003 World Food Day Celebrations at Lady Irwin College

16-10-2003 World Food Day Celebration in Bangalore

16-10-2003 The Ministry of Agriculture Celebrates World Food Day 2003

15-10-2003 The Rotary Club of New Delhi Commemorates World Food Day

14-10-2003 World Food Day Celebrations in Chandigarh

13-10-2003 WFD Media Coverage in India

16-10-2002 Ministry of Agriculture helps organize India's World Food Day celebrations

Events

International Conference on Land-Water Resources, Biodiversity and Climate Change 16-2-2010 /18-2-2010

International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society 28-6-2009 /30-6-2009

Third Learning Event as part of the Capitalization of Experiences in Water, Land and People 22-11-2006 /24-11-2006

State Level Workshop-Karnataka on:Strengthening Livestock component in Watershed programs:Concerns and Options 7-6-2006 /8-6-2006

Mainstreaming Livestock and Watershed Development: Beyond Concerns and Rhetoric 10-5-2006 /11-5-2006

National Workshop on “Emerging policy issues under watershed development programme” 5-5-2005 /7-5-2005

Policy Roundtable on "Livestock - Environment Interactions In Watersheds: Policy Issues - 11-1-2005 /11-1-2005

International Conference: Water India 4 - Water Resources Development 3-2-2004 /4-2-2004

News

23-6-2006 New publication in the digital library: Livestock Environment and Development in Watersheds, policy note