FAO in Rwanda

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07 September 2022
Kigali – Africa already has the solutions to address rising hunger and malnutrition, and it’s now time for accelerated action – that was the key message at the AGRF Summit’s First Ladies special session on nutrition today. AGRF2022 is being held in the shadow of rising hunger across Africa. More than 278...
25 August 2022
Thinking that a farmer can own and use a smartphone in daily agricultural activities on his/her farm still sounds like a myth in many African countries where farming is a subsistence occupation that involves mainly rural elderly people. But Daniel Nshimiyimana, a farmer of banana, vegetable, and rearing chicken in...
08 August 2022
More than 32 young agripreneurs  have participated in two-day training of trainers on financial situationself-assessment , from expenses to cash flows up to the basics of record keeping, getting familiar with financing options -financial jargons used by financial institutions, the variety of existing products and as well as how to make...
28 July 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), has organized a consultative workshop with livestock experts, stakeholders, and actors on the development of animal Genetic Resources strategy. the two-day workshop, (27th – 28th July 2022) was...
19 July 2022
The staff of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rwanda today, Monday welcomed the newly appointed Representative Ms. Coumba Dieng Sow. Prior to joining FAO Rwanda, Ms. Sow, a national of Senegal has been serving as Senior Subregional Resilience Officer, leading FAO’s work on emergencies and resilience...