FAO in Uganda

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04 November 2022
One Health stakeholders in Uganda have called for several interventions and reforms in methods and modalities to increase awareness and adoption of One Health approaches to manage diseases at the animal-human-environment interface. The call was made during a virtual dialogue organized by FAO in Uganda, to commemorate this year’s One...
19 October 2022
Timely action will save farmers' livelihoods and foster food and nutrition security  The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), working with the...
17 October 2022
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja has challenged stakeholders in the agriculture sector to reflect on the sector’s progress and contribution to a better life and recommit to deliberate actions to end hunger in all its forms, in a country that prides itself in...
15 September 2022
Kampala - Dramatic dialogue, music and poetry are not the usual ways that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) raises awareness of and sensitizes rural communities on women’s land rights, but an innovative project in Uganda is doing just that through so-called Talking Books. Talking books are audio devices...
15 September 2022
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Embassy of Sweden to undertake the Green Schools Initiative (GSI). The GSI will raise awareness and understanding of climate change and environmental degradation within schools in Uganda while empowering academic institutions and school-going children...