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16 October 2023
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 calling for sustainable water management to ensure food and nutrition security in India. India, home to 18 percent of the world’s...
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 calling for sustainable water management to ensure food and nutrition security in India. India, home to 18 percent of the world’s...
09 October 2023
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 of women in agrifood systems” on October 9, 2023, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The report, a first of its kind since 2010,...
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 of women in agrifood systems” on October 9, 2023, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The report, a first of its kind since 2010,...
13 September 2023
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 Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome along with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in New...
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 Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome along with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in New...
12 September 2023
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) standards, good agricultural practices (GAP), good hygiene practices (GHP) and market linkages have impacted the income of farmers and other...
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) standards, good agricultural practices (GAP), good hygiene practices (GHP) and market linkages have impacted the income of farmers and other...
07 September 2023
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 economists and the FAO India team. The objective of the workshop was to train participants on FAO’s RuralInvest toolkit. RuralInvest is...
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 economists and the FAO India team. The objective of the workshop was to train participants on FAO’s RuralInvest toolkit. RuralInvest is...
