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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...
25 June 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) released the third study under the series on Indigenous peoples’ food systems on June 25, 2021, at Rome.  The flagship publication titled, “Indigenous Peoples' Food System,...
26 May 2021
A day long training programme to build awareness on the management of Fall army Worms (FAW) affecting Maize crops in Nagaland was organized on  May 24, 2021 by FAO in collaboration with the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR)-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR). This initiative is a part of...
25 February 2021
On February 23, 2021, USAID and FAO organized an online training on the Backlink component of WHONET. Data management for antimicrobial resistance monitoring is facilitated through a free-to-download windows-based software WHONET. This software has been developed and continuously updated by the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre. WHONET also has...
22 February 2021
The Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) held its 6th Advisory Board Meeting online, under the co-chairpersonship of Dr J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries) and Dr B.N. Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences), Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi. Apart from the notified members...