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07 March 2022
“Difference does not mean inequality or inferiority-superiority. None is superior, none inferior in nature. Can we say which is better — fire or water? Birds, butterflies or animals? Ants, cats or elephants? Seas, mountains or villages? Day or night? Winter, summer, rains or spring? Similarly, in our families and communities,...
21 February 2022
FAO in collaborationwith the Spices Board India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) organised a virtual Project Steering Committee Meeting on February 17, 2022. Participants included representatives from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and...
14 February 2022
A two-day training workshop was organized for the officials from Nagaland Government on the “Use of Agro-climatic Atlas in Land Suitability Studies and Land Use Planning”  by FAO in collaboration with the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) on February 09 and 10, 2022. FAO is providing technical assistance to the...
17 January 2022
On December 14, 2021, the project titled “Strengthening capacities of the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) to support farmers to adopt sustainable agri-food systems” was launched. Shri Jagan Mohan Reddy Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, presided over this function that also included the signing of a tripartite agreement for...
20 December 2021
The State Government of Nagaland launched a project titled, “Fostering Climate Resilient Upland Farming Systems in the Northeast (FOCUS) in 2017. The project is focused on helping small and marginal farmers overcome emerging challenges in agriculture. FAO has been providing technical assistance to the State Government of Nagaland since 2019...