FAO in Rwanda

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14 July 2017
It’s 5am. Beatrice Mukamana’s day has began. She rushes to the shore of Lake Kivu in Karongi District to buy fish from Kibuye Fishing project that is supplied by the boats. Fish has been shown to be a highly nutritious food. She buys the small-sized sardines and Lamprichthys tanganicanus, locally...
25 May 2017
FAO study offers policy guidance for linking half of all cross-border trade to development goals
16 May 2017
FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) and partners will today kick off the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) in Kigali, Rwanda. Over 16 - 17 May, this event will bring together project developers and business champions from ten African countries and investors from all over the world...
08 May 2017
Gicumbi District, Rwanda: Mukampunga Laurence looks young than her age. Every day is a new day with an exciting experience. She has a visibly clean and tidy homestead. Although a widow,  this mother of 6 children is a respected member of her village in Shangasha sector, Gicumbi district. Her only...
19 April 2017
Linking social protection and agriculture to end extreme poverty and boost nutrition Rwanda has an ambitious target of reducing extreme poverty from the current 16.3 percent to at least 9 percent by 2018 according to the country’s fourth Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV4) 2013/2014, and finally to 0 percent in...