India

Videos

03/07/2026

Learn how proper shelter and hygiene can improve goat health, milk production, growth, and overall farm productivity. This video, produced by FAO India and IOM, covers elevated shed construction, slatted flooring, ventilation, bedding management, space requirements, daily cleaning, dung utilization, and seasonal care during winter, summer, and rainy seasons.

02/07/2026

Reduced breeding, habitat loss, and socio-economic shift have led to a sharp decline in India’s camel population. But the Kutch District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited– also known as Sarhad Dairy– is writing a revival story in Gujarat’s Kutch region. A market for camel milk and a cooperative structure for milk aggregation is at the centre of this initiative.

16/03/2026

Since 1945, FAO and India have worked together to transform agriculture, strengthen food security, and improve rural livelihoods. From traditional knowledge to modern innovations, this partnership has supported farmers, protected natural resources, and built resilient agrifood systems—shaping a healthier, more sustainable future for people and the planet.

04/03/2026

Women are the backbone of India’s agrifood systems – from sowing seeds, managing livestock, conserving biodiversity, and ensuring household nutrition. Women’s contributions in smallholder farms to fisheries and forest-based livelihoods, sustain rural economies and strengthen food security.

14/08/2025

FAO in India worked with the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to train smallholder spice producers in India on good practices in spices production and marketing. The smallholders were trained on Codex standards to help them produce spices to an acceptable standard of safety and quality for marketing internationally. This has boosted incomes and improved livelihoods.

25/06/2025

This film showcases how the Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth (JOHAR) programme, in Jharkhand, eastern India, is helping 200 000 rural households – particularly women from Scheduled Tribes – improve their livelihoods and incomes through high-value agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, irrigation and non-timber forest products

18/04/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations envisions a world where everyone has access to enough high-quality food to lead active healthy lives. Since 1945 FAO has strived to increase food security, promote sustainable agriculture and innovation, build resilience and empower people for a better life and future.

17/08/2023

One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) is FAO’s corporate flagship initiative aiming to transform national agrifood systems towards more resilience, sustainability, inclusiveness and efficiency, through developing the value chains of special agricultural products (SAPs), which boast unique qualities

18/07/2023

02/06/2023

Indian dairy farmer Divyaben Mehulbhai Bharwad explains what happens every day to ensure the milk her family produces is safe.