FAO’s Green-Ag project in India integrates forests and agriculture through agroecology across five diverse landscapes: Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan. Forests are more than just ecological reserves. They are essential sources of uncultivated food, nutrition, and livelihood for millions. From providing wild fruits, nuts, and medicinal plants to supporting...

Opinion Editorial by Dr QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water, from shelter to energy, forests sustain billions of people and biodiversity. Yet we continue to lose them at...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN), organized a critical National Consultation with farmers on 7 March 2025 in New Delhi as part of India’s Voluntary National Review 2025. The Government of India (GoI), led by NITI Aayog,...

From 20-23 January 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized two key events in Kochi, Kerala, to enhance antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and laboratory network...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), organized a hybrid brainstorming workshop in New Delhi, to...

On 10 January 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized the second antimicrobial resistance (AMR) state-level advocacy meeting in Sikkim to strengthen efforts against AMR...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) with a celebratory event on 23...

To observe the United Nations International Year of Camelids 2024, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

In the vast arid regions of India, under the scorching sun, a dedicated field team of desert locust survey officers, accompanied by FAO’s Locust Forecasting Officer, set out to survey...

To observe the United Nations International Year of Camelids 2024, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (ICAR-CSSRI) jointly organized a Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on Innovative...

“I have been farming for many years now. However, I am unable to produce a good crop because my agricultural land is severely damaged from the overuse of chemical fertilizer,”...

From 18-24 November 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a series of impactful events to commemorate World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW’24).  On 20 November,...

In a significant stride towards tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has been instrumental in establishing the India Network for...

Professor Manuel Barange, Assistant Director-General and Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is in New Delhi to participate in the...

On 11 November 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in India, in collaboration with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP), organized...

On 25 October 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India; the World Bank;...

On 21-22 October 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Assam, organized a farm biosecurity training...

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Government of Odisha in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a one-day Odisha state inception workshop...

On 15-17 October 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), organized a training on Antimicrobial Susceptibility...