18/05/2023
In 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) launched the global Digital Villages Initiative to promote digital innovations to rural communities. Now the initiative is being scaled up in Europe and Central Asia, aiming to improve livelihoods, wellbeing, and social cohesion in this region. The virtual event...

15/05/2023
Kampala, Uganda – “Uganda is Africa in miniature” said Susan Ngongi Namondo, UN Resident Coordinator, at the wrap up of the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) Resource Partners’ Field Trip, held in Uganda from 1 to 5 May. “All the development challenges that are faced in the rest of the African continent...

14/02/2023
Loi Angela Kitamirike in Kawempe Division, Uganda, runs a diaspora-led farming enterprise to support food security and rural development. At her farm, she connects generations with each other which leads to a generational transfer of knowledge.©FAO The government of Sweden, through Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), has contributed SEK

14/02/2023
Uganda - Drying racks provided by the project helped improve the processing and the quality of silverfish, making them available for human consumption and sell at higher prices. ©FAO/Agatha Ayebazibwe. The Government of Norway through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has signed a new contribution agreement totalling NOK 180 million (approximately USD 18 million) to support the...