FAO in Rwanda

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26 April 2022
  With mixed feelings, staff members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) bid farewell to the outgoing Representative, Gualbert Gbehounou. Mr. Gbehounou leaves Rwanda for Guinea Conakry after almost four years of working with the team to implement the Country Programme, that aim at unleashing the...
25 April 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its technical assistance to SAIP (Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Food Security Project), convened a roundtable discussion with members of financial institutions and insurance companies in Rwanda. The discussion was about charting a way forward to building a strong synergy...
05 April 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) have virtually launched the agriculture human capital investment case study carried out in Rwanda. This case was part of a global study started...
21 February 2022
Zainab Byukusenge, 44 years old, is a farmer of onions, Irish potatoes, Garlic and beans on her arable land of one hectare in Rubavu district, Western Rwanda. She says, she is now farming as business thanks to the training she attended on Integrated Pests Management (IPM), better farming practices with mainstreaming...
17 February 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board has launched a new project to enhance the digital skills and innovation capabilities to foster agri-preneurship among youth and women in Rwanda. “This project is coming in addressing first of all the critical challenge...