FAO in Kenya

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07 September 2023
On the 29 and 30 August, 2023, in Machakos, Kenya, over 50 cross-sectoral and multistakeholder participants including government, civil society, the private sector and international partners  met to prioritize national investments in One Health. During the workshop, a set of priority One Health investment cases were drawn up based on prior analysis...
10 August 2023
Naivasha –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborated with the Zoonotic Disease Unit (ZDU) to conduct a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the operationalization of the One Health approach in Kenya. As the world grapples with the complex interplay of zoonotic diseases and the...
11 July 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Kenya launched its five-year Country Programming Framework (CPF). This came at a time when drought, emerging animal and plant pests and diseases and epidemics have put roadblocks towards transforming agri-food systems to make them resilience and sustainable. Tackling these challenges...
28 June 2023
A reported released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome in April 2023 and re-launched in Nairobi Kenya in June 2023 on the Status of Women in Agrifood Systems sheds light on the great role played by women in agrifood systems despite the immense...
08 June 2023
Bridging the gender gap in agriculture by enhancing rural women’s economic empowerment The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a Capitalization meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, leveraging the successful experience of the Women's Empowerment Business School (WE-FBS) approach. This initiative, implemented under the FAO program on "Gender Equality...