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strengthening partnership to enhance veterinary laboratories in Africa The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting the Government of Ghana to upgrade the country’s Veterinary laboratories systems to better manage information using a web-based Information Management application, “SILAB for Africa” the (SILAB-FA) developed by the Istituto Zooprofilattico...

Creating increased awareness on the One Health approach across all sectors.   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations together with other partners launched the 2021 commemorations of the International One Health  Day, focusing on creating increased awareness on the One Health approach at community levels as well as bringing...

Transforming the agriculture sector through ICT The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representation in Ghana and the Government of Ghana have launched a new project to enhance e-agriculture structures and mechanisms for extension, surveillance and early warnings in Ghana. The modernization of Agriculture in Ghana holds great potentials...

Ghana marks World Food Day 2021 On World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme and their partners in Ghana reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring food for all with a resilient agri-food system in Ghana. At a flag-raising ceremony in Accra stakeholders called for renewed and sustained efforts to...

Women in small-scale fisheries central to FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Artisanal Fisheries Women predominate the post-harvest activities in the fisheries sector and play a key role in ensuring that their families and consumers have access to nutritious food. However, women small-scale fisheries (SSF) stakeholders face many obstacles and frequently do...