FAO in Uganda

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30 June 2020
The Government of Uganda, with technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), have launched a new project titled: “Integrating Climate Resilience into Agricultural and Pastoral Production in Uganda, through a Farmer/Agro-pastoralist Field School approach”. An...
26 June 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated assorted ICT equipment to twelve districts in Uganda, to help strengthen animal disease surveillance and reporting from the district to the national coordination center. The equipment will help to improve timely submission of disease incidence reports from the...
18 June 2020
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has made a contribution of 2.3 million EUR to boost efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the fight against the Desert Locusts in Uganda.  The contribution will go towards providing relief and cash assistance to...
12 June 2020
The agricultural sector has been the backbone of the Uganda’s economy for decades, employing over 80 percent of the rural population and about 64.3 percent of the working population. Agriculture is a source of food, raw materials for industries and foreign exchange given the many agricultural exports. The Agricultural Sector...
08 June 2020
Entebbe, Uganda– In a bid to boost to the Desert Locust response in Uganda, the Russian Federation has contributed Three Million US dollars ($3million) to the Government of Uganda, through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The funding will support Desert Locust control, surveillance, impact monitoring...