Part of: GS Prelims and GS -II – International Relations
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Recently, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare addressed the 42nd session of Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Conference.
The Conference takes place every two years.
India is a founder member of the FAO
Key notes from the address
The Country Program Framework prepared by FAO India in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India has multi sectoral approach.
India has been extending technical expertise and assistance in incidences of trans-boundary pests mainly Fall Army Worm and Desert Locust.
FAO also endorsed the Indian proposal for an International Year of Pulses (2016) and International Year of Millets (2023) .
India has launched various projects under the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture to make agriculture resilient to adverse impacts of climate change.
India is promoting Organic farming at a large scale.
Initiatives during COVID-19 by India
Indian Agriculture sector registered an all time high production of 305 million tons of food grains during COVID-19.
KISAN RAIL: Special parcel trains with refrigeration facilities were introduced to transport the essential commodities
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package was launched under which free food grains were provided to 810 million beneficiaries and the scheme has been further extended till November.
PM Kisan Scheme: More than Rupees 1,37,000 Crore have been sent to the bank accounts of over 100 million farmers.
