FAO in Kenya

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08 June 2023
Bridging the gender gap in agriculture by enhancing rural women’s economic empowerment The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a Capitalization meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, leveraging the successful experience of the Women's Empowerment Business School (WE-FBS) approach. This initiative, implemented under the FAO program on "Gender Equality...
02 June 2023
The Integrated Actions for Innovative Food Systems Across Rural-Urban Communities Project has been closed. This follows four years of its implementation in Nairobi and Kisumu cities. A lot has been achieved through this project, which has also served to bring to the fore many more gaps that needs to be...
24 May 2023
Marked under the theme “Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production” the goal of this year’s World Bee Day is to create awareness on adoption of agricultural production practices that are friendly to the bee and other pollinators. Bees and other pollinators including birds, bats and other insects play a critical role...
24 May 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a Refresher Training on the Kenya Animal Biosurveillance System (KABS) from 24 to 25 May 2023, in Kisumu. This training aims to enhance the capacity of frontline Animal Health Workers (AHWs) in Busia, Kakamega, and Bungoma counties, with a...
18 May 2023
One of the impediments for agrifood systems to optimally deliver healthy diets in Kenya, is lack of nationally contextualized guidelines on entry points for nutrition improvement through agriculture and food systems. To bridge this gap, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Government...