Food loss and waste is an urgent yet under-addressed challenge facing global agrifood systems. An estimated one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted, much of it before reaching consumers. Fruit and vegetable wholesale markets play a decisive role in food availability, prices a...

In February 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) actively participated in the two global conferences – India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi and the AI4Agri Summit in Mumbai – contributing to discussions on the future of artificial intelligence (...

The Community-Linked Integrated Goat Rearing Micro-Agri Enterprise was formally inaugurated on 20 February 2026 at Gokhurkoda village in Ganjam district, Odisha, under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MMPTF) Joint Programme. The initiative is jointly implemented by the Food and Agricult...

As India advances toward its Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, AI in agriculture is no longer a technological imperative; it’s a catalyst for the larger developmental transformation. With the national agriculture credit target projected to exceed

Leading experts from three Rome-based United Nations agencies joined India's Chief Economic Advisor for a panel discussion on transforming artificial intelligence from pilot projects into sustainable, large-scale solutions that address food security, climate resilience, and humanitarian challe...

Under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MMPTF) Joint Programme (JP) ‘Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change of Migrant and Vulnerable Households in Coastal Areas’, a ‘State-level stakeholders’ training workshop on gender, youth and child sensitivity’ was organised in Bhubaneswar on 10 Fe...

The National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (National CAMPA), under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has launched 

$58.8 million from Global Environmental Facility targets efforts in Bangladesh, DR Congo, India, Mexico, Senegal, Tanzania and Ukraine

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India, convened a national workshop on “Strengthening Community-Managed Seed Systems for Local Landraces and Farmers’ Variet...

To commemorate World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a series of outreach and educational activities aimed at strengthening the understanding of AMR across schools, universities, and the general pu...

A one-day district-level training on ‘Identification and Control Measures of Goat Diseases’ was conducted under the Multi-Partner Programme Trust Fund (MMPTF) funded FAO-IOM Joint Programme (JP) on 22 October 2025 in Ganjam, Odisha. The training...

New Delhi, 16 October 2025: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked its 80th anniversary alongside the celebration of World Food Day 2025, reaffirming eight decades of partnership with the Government of India in transforming India’s agrifood systems — from...

To commemorate World Rabies Day 2025, FAO organized a school awareness workshop on 29 September at Bal Bharti Public School, New Delhi. The event witnessed the enthusiastic participation of more than 500 students, underscoring the importance of educating youth on preventing rabies and promotin...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), successfully conducted a four-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop in Hyderabad from 24 to 27 September 2025, to pi...

The Department of Fisheries (DoF), under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAHD) has signed a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to strengthen Blue Port infrastructure i...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a presentation-cum-discussion session on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report 2025 on 9 September 2025 at the UN House, New Delhi. The session was presented by Máxi...

India, the world’s leading exporter of Basmati rice and a major contributor to the global rice economy, stands at a pivotal moment where export competitiveness must align with sustainability imperatives. Recognizing this, a Stakeholders’ Meet on Sourcing Sustainable Rice&...

On 29 August 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), organized the seventh Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Workshop on Antimi...

Rural prosperity through PPIS- MCAD 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Government of India, convened a one-day national workshop on Operationalizing Modernized Command Area Dev...

The Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, inaugurated the mobile Migration Resource Centre (mMRC) on 4 August 2025 at the premises of Krushi Bhavan in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha