FAO in Kenya

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19 October 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) used this year’s celebrations to call for action across sectors to ensure agri-food systems deliver adequate, affordable, nutritious, and safe food for all. It has intensified efforts to address food insecurity and drought in Kenya, focused on long and short-term...
14 October 2022
Rome, Italy – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today honored the Kirisia Community Forest Association in Kenya for their efforts towards Kirisia Forest restoration under the FAO Achievements Awards programme. The Achievements Award were presented by FAO Director-General (DG) QU Dongyu at a ceremony held during the...
06 October 2022
Twenty-five trainees drawn from national, and sub national veterinary services graduated from the second in country In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) on 27September 2022. The trainees were drawn from 17 semi-arid and high potential counties, the Regional Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Farmers Choice Limited and Busia point of entry. These frontline...
22 September 2022
In most countries, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent the majority of the agrifood business at all stages of food supply chains. Despite this, awareness of the key role they can play in increasing access to healthy and safe foods is limited, as well as resources for SMEs capacity development. Over the course of the project “Strengthening capacities for nutrition-sensitive food...
11 August 2022
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Government of Kenya (GoK) officially inaugurated the Marinya A Ruibi Primary School borehole in Meru County. The main objective of the borehole water supply and irrigation system is to improve reliability and access of water for...