To mark the World Fisheries Day, a two-day Global Fisheries Conference was organized in Ahmedabad, India, on 21-22 November 2023 by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry...

The National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Weather Risk...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM – UN Migration), as partner UN organizations (PUNOs) launched the Joint Programme (JP)...

A two-day International Convention on Millets (ICM 2023) was organized by the Government of Odisha in Bhubaneshwar from 9-10 November 2023. Led by the Odisha Millet Mission of the Department...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) – Directorate of Poultry Research (DPR) organized a two-day training...

FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India and the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) inaugurated the International Conclave on Mainstreaming...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) marked World Food Day by...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) organized a regional launch of the FAO report on “The status...

The first Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights is being organised by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of the Food and...

Despite being a major producer, consumer and exporter of spices, India’s spice export volumes largely remain low due to food safety and hygiene issues. Lack of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)...

FAO organized a three-day capacity-building workshop on RuralInvest from 4-6 September 2023 in Delhi. The training was led by the FAO Representative in India, Mr Takayuki Hagiwara. The workshop trained...

The Global Health Security Programme (GHSP) was formally inaugurated in New Delhi, India on April 11, 2023. The meeting was attended by key stakeholders comprising of senior government officials. The...

On March 18, 2023, the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference was inaugurated by India’s Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi - at the National Agricultural Science Complex, New Delhi, India. The...

As a part of FAO’s project on ‘Strengthening Spices Value Chain in India’, a stakeholder consultation workshop was organized in collaboration with Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI),...

FAO in collaborationwith the Spices Board India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) organised the annual Project Steering Committee Meeting on February 24, 2023 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Participants included representatives...

The Government of Odisha held the Krushi Odisha event at Bhubaneswar from February 16 to 18, 2023. This event served as a platform offering many opportunities to farmers, governmental officials,...

FAO facilitated a two-day meeting with experts on February 01 and 02, 2023 at New Delhi, to analyse and interpret the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data generated by the Indian...