FAO in Uganda

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04 April 2018
The Food and Agricuture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS) III project, organized a media dialogue on “Commercial Forestry in Uganda”, on 16 March 2018, as part of activities to commemorate International Day of Forests 2018. Under the global theme: “Forests and Sustainable Cities,...
15 March 2018
  As part of its continued support to the government of Uganda, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), have launched the Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) – a standardized evaluation tool...
14 March 2018
 FAO has launched a mobile application to enable farmers, agricultural workers and other partners at the frontline of the fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa to identify, report the level of infestation, and map the spread of this destructive insect, as well as to describe its natural enemies and the measures...
17 January 2018
  Kampala, Uganda – Farmers in Uganda are set to get relief after the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new technical cooperation (TCP) project with the government of Uganda whose  objective is to address the Fall Armyworm threat  that has affected several maize farms since...
16 November 2017
    16 November 2017, Entebbe – African governments have been urged to commit adequate resources to improve the collection and dissemination of timely agricultural statistics for effective policy planning towards the elimination of hunger and poverty. “We need to organize farmers concrete agricultural statistics to enable us make informed decisions as we...