Nutrition is a maker and marker of sustainable development, directly or indirectly linked to all the Sustainable Development Goals.
Learn about how
@UN
agencies are working to safeguard healthy diets for a growing world population in sustainable ways:
A delegation from
@FAOAsiaPacific
visits the Chambal Landscape in Madhya Pradesh to review and strategize the
@theGEF
funded
#GreenAg
project.
The team engaged with farmers and key officials to align project goals with on-ground realities.
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@Food_Equity
Are you a smart user of antibiotics?
Here is Dr Bhatia's Guide to Judicious Antibiotic Use: Protecting human health by promoting responsible use to combat resistance.
Let's be smart with antibiotics! 💊🧬
#AntibioticResistance
#AMR
.
@FAO
,
@ShivNadarUniv
@network_rra
@atree_org
organized a brainstorming session on Agrobiodiversity Conservation & Climate Change. Scholars & practitioners from India & Mexico shared experiences to find solutions to conserve agrobiodiversity in the changing climatic conditions.
Mr Shaji KV, Chairperson, NABARD and Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO-R, met in Mumbai, and discussed the need to collaborate to strengthen FPOs, develop carbon fund and promote climate resilient
#agrifood
systems to support farmers in India.
@NABARDOnline
@UNinIndia
Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO-R, along with the
@FAO
India team met Dr Sultan Singh, Director of the Haryana Space Applications Centre to discuss and strengthen the application of remote sensing and GIS tools in agriculture particularly in the rice-wheat agrifood system in India.
🧺Women agripreneurs in India 🇮🇳 are innovating with big data,
#AI
,
#IoT
& identifying opportunities in food production, marketing & distribution
💡 Discover their insights on digital tools, education, e-commerce, sales & enterprise management here ➡️
.
@FAO
&
@USAID
meet to strengthen the animal health sector with the
#OneHealth
approach in India, focusing on enhancing collaboration & exploring new avenues. Together, we aim to tackle health challenges at the human, animal & environmental interface.
#ECTAD
Young people provide ideas, inspiration and energy to create green, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems.
Read how @FAO is empowering them
👉
#YouthDay
#FoodSystems
To address the pressing issues of soil degradation, over-exploitation & contamination of groundwater,
@FAO
, under its
@theGEF
-funded FOLUR Impact Program, is working with the farmers of Punjab to promote crop diversification, water management & improve soil health.
#4Betters
Indigenous Peoples’
#FoodSystems
are among the most sustainable, resilient & unique on the planet.
They provide diverse foods & resources, while preserving & enriching biodiversity.
We must learn from, respect & preserve these systems!
#WeAreIndigenous
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
735 million people are currently facing hunger due to the pandemic, weather shocks and conflicts, warns the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published by 5
@UN
agencies.
Read more:
In collaboration with
@fssaiindia
& NFL-Chennai,
@FAOAsiaPacific
&
@FAOIndia
held a Private Sector Engagement
#PSE
workshop with aquaculture partners in Visakhapatnam, India, promoting PSE & private-public partnerships (PPP) to reduce antimicrobial use in aquaculture farming.
.
@FAO
India's latest Op-Ed on World Zoonoses Day.
Pandemic preparedness: How FAO is strengthening India's response to zoonotic threats
@FAOAsiaPacific
@FAOnews