FAO in Uganda

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01 August 2016
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process is an initiative aimed at addressing  adaptation needs for all developing countries  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered the Ugandan Government to  integrate  the agriculture sector   – including crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and...
21 July 2016
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the European Union and the Government of Uganda have today jointly launched the third phase of the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS III) aimed at consolidating gains of SPGS II while mitigating the effects of climate change through intensive afforestation. By July...
10 June 2016
  The equipment will strengthen surveillence, diagnosis and livestock disease reporting. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations handed over laboratory equipment to six regional veterinary laboratories to strengthen surveillance, diagnosis and reporting of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the country. The equipment includes fridges, cool boxes for...
17 May 2016
One million three hundred thousand livestock have been vaccinated in Karamoja Region after a smart vaccination exercise launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Government of Uganda in September 2015.The exercise is one of the FAO interventions on livestock health in Karamoja Region and...
16 May 2016
FAO and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Uganda launched a small-scale irrigation system in Mubende District, as part of efforts to strengthen resilience of rural populations and agricultural production systems through provision of water for irrigation in the district.FAO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal...