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01 November 2021
On October 29, 2021, the honorable Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar addressed a National Conference on “International Year of Fruits and Vegetables” organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (MoAFW) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The...
11 October 2021
FAO participated in a meeting with representatives of the Nagaland Government to discuss the ongoing FOCUS project in Nagaland on October 08, 2021. Lead by Mr. Tomio Shichiri, FAO Representative in India, a team of five members of FAO-India were invited to the Nagaland House, New Delhi to meet with...
26 August 2021
The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), India together with FAO organised a workshop on August 24, 2021 titled, “Development of Training Package for Integrating Nutrition into Extension Advisory Service (EAS) training Programmes in India”. This is a part of FAO’s project on, “Strengthening Capacity for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture...
12 July 2021
FAO team led by India Representative, Mr. Tomio Shichiri visited the State of Uttarakhand on July 12-13, 2021 and met with the Hon’ble Minister for Watershed and Tourism in the State, Shri. Satpal Maharaj to discuss the FAO Green-Ag project. Shri. Satpal Maharaj and key Government officials expressed their continued...
29 June 2021
The Government of India has been observing 29th June every year since 2007 as "Statistics Day", to mark the birth anniversary of Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, also in recognition of his valuable contribution to the field of official statistics and to popularize the use of Statistics in everyday life. Statistics...