FAO in India

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07 March 2024
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India (GoI) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) successfully organized the two-day national inception workshop for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7 - cycle project titled “Promotion of Sustainable Food Systems in India...
04 March 2024
  The National Inception Workshop for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7-cycle funded project titled, “Promotion of Sustainable Food Systems in India through Transforming Rice-Wheat Systems in Punjab, Haryana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh” under the ‘Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact India’ program is scheduled to be organized on 5-6...
15 February 2024
FAO facilitates the review and revision of draft activities of the National Action Plan on AMR 2.0 for the livestock and fisheries sectors through expert consultation The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Department of Fisheries (DoF)...
15 February 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in India participated at the Maru Manthan, an annual international dialogue forum on desert agrifood production systems, on 9 and 10 February 2024 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The annual international dialogue is co-organized by the Desert Resource Centre and Urmul Seemant...
12 February 2024
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved 48 FAO-led projects worth about $2.9 billion –$294 million in project financing and $2.6 billion in co-financing– that will play a pivotal role in fostering a sustainable agrifood systems transformation to end hunger and conserve the environment. India is a recipient country under...