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07 December 2022
FAO organised a training on WHONET for all members of the Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) primarily for troubleshooting, at Kolkata on December 05, 2022. It was facilitated by two international trainers, Prof Jyoti Iravane and Dr Rajesh Bhatia, and attended by over 30 participants. WHONET is...
21 November 2022
As a part of FAO’s Green-Ag project, a two-day CDW on Sustainable Agriculture was organised at the Directorate of Agriculture, Aizawl, Mizoram from November 16 to17, 2022.  The purpose of the workshop was to deliberate and develop a Farmer Field School (FFS) curriculum with good agriculture practices for upland Rice...
14 November 2022
The Government of Odisha organised the first ever Millets festival, Mandia Dibasa, on November 10, 2022. The aim of celebrating the day is to promote mandia or millets. Millets, often called nutri-cereals, have been a part of India’s culture and agriculture since ancient times. Millets offer numerous benefits such as...
11 November 2022
A visit was made by the NPMU team members to the project landscape in Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Four villages, namely, Batpalsa, Kasipal, Dangarsahi, and Badsole were visited.  The objective was to review the preparedness for the field activities to be initiated from the rabi season. The team included: Dr Konda Reddy...
19 October 2022
On the occasion of World Food Day 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Food Programme (WFP) co-organised a series of events on October 17, 2022, at the UN office in New Delhi. The events included key...