FAO in India

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29 August 2018
FAO India has been actively engaging with senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (MoAFW) and members from ICAR on FAW related issues, as FAO has been the lead institution to coordinate the response to the FAW emergency in Africa. Ms. Anne-Sophie Poisot, FAOR (a.i.) has presented FAO's Global Coordination work on the...
27 August 2018
Ms. AnneSophie Poisot, FAOR (a.i.) spoke at the 2nd wellness and krishi expo 2018 on the theme of "Innovative markets and local food systems for sustainable and organic agriculture". The session was attended by eminent personalities such as Ms. Vandana Shiva, Environmental Activist, Author and Founder, Navdanya among others. Ms. Poisot spoke...
21 August 2018
FAO and USAID in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized a 2-days Training Workshop on “Management of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) data using the WHO freely downloadable Windows based software (WHONET5.6)” during 17-18 August, 2018 at the ICAR-National Bureau for Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow, India. The...
01 August 2018
Photo contest “Indigenous women and food security in Asia” Send a picture and contribute to making indigenous women visible! The call closes on August 25, 2018. Under the framework of the Global Campaign for the Empowerment of Indigenous Women for Zero Hunger, FAO and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) launch the “Indigenous women...
27 July 2018
FAO and USAID in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has organized a 3 day training workshop from 23-25 July 2018 at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izzatnagar, India on determination of antimicrobial susceptibility (AST) and management of AST data using the WHO software (WHONET5.6). The training...