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FAO of the United Nations designated Nitte University as its reference cen
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has designated Nitte University, Mangalore as the FAO Reference Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. Nitte, with the endorsement by the Government of India, has the d
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UN body in Afghanistan thanks India for assistance in combating locust thr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Afghanistan thanked India for supplying 40,000 litres of Malathion, a pesticide used to fight locust menace.
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India becomes first Vice Chair of FAO COFI Fisheries Sub-Committee, will e
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
India's role in this crucial subcommittee as the representative of the Global South would give much-needed balance and perspective to the global narratives concerning fisheries governance and management.
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India joins Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Executive Committee supports in the management of the Commission's programme of standards development by conducting a "critical review" of proposals to undertake work and monitors the progress of standards development.
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India played pivotal role in making millet choice of common man: Mansukh M
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Codex Alimentarious Commission (CAC), an international food safety and quality standard-setting body created by WHO and FAO of the United Nations with 188 member countries, has praised India's Standards on Millets and accepted its proposal for the development of global standards for mill
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India celebrates 60 years of Codex: Safeguarding consumer health and fair
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is an international organisation set jointly by FAO and WHO in the year 1963 to protect consumer health and promote fair practises in food trade. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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FAO raises its forecast for global cereal production in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
FAO's new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief pegs global wheat output at 785 million tonnes, coarse grain production at 1 511 million tonnes - up 2.7 per cent from 2022 - and world rice output at 523.1 million tonnes.
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Collective efforts needed to stop wasting food while millions go hungry: U
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are sounding the alarm over losses amounting to 13 per cent of the world’s food in the supply chain before products even hit the shelves, and a further 17 per cent lost in households and retail.
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FAO welcomes EU contribution of Euro 25 mn to advance wildlife conservatio
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed Euro 25 million in additional funding from the European Union (EU) to extend and scale up the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.
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Severe drought, harsh winter impacted Afghan farmers: FAO
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report that severe and widespread drought and a bitterly cold winter have impacted farmers in Afghanistan, reported TOLO News.
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UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment to address challenges to trans
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Around 2000 participants from over 160 countries, including over 20 Heads of State and Government, will attend the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome on July 24-26.
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FAO launches Action Plan for ambitious climate strategy
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Strategy, which was endorsed in June 2022 by FAO’s executive body, the Council, envisages agrifood systems as sustainable, inclusive, resilient and adaptive to climate change.
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