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10 April 2020
The pandemic is impacting global food systems, disrupting regional agricultural value chains, and posing risks to household food security. FAO answers questions related to: How is the pandemic affecting food systems, food security, and agricultural livelihoods? What role if any do animals play in transmitting the disease? These questions and more are...
The pandemic is impacting global food systems, disrupting regional agricultural value chains, and posing risks to household food security. FAO answers questions related to: How is the pandemic affecting food systems, food security, and agricultural livelihoods? What role if any do animals play in transmitting the disease? These questions and more are...
01 April 2020
Strengthening institutional capacities to address undernourishment Chronic malnutrition or stunting remains a national challenge for Rwanda. In 2015, about 38 percent of children under the age of five were chronically undernourished (Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey, 2015). Determinants of nutritional status are multifaceted and global evidence underscored that both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive...
Strengthening institutional capacities to address undernourishment Chronic malnutrition or stunting remains a national challenge for Rwanda. In 2015, about 38 percent of children under the age of five were chronically undernourished (Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey, 2015). Determinants of nutritional status are multifaceted and global evidence underscored that both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive...
13 March 2020
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Regional Commission for Controlling Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), trained a total of 20 agriculture experts on Desert Locust survey and control operations, from 9-13 March 2020. The trainees were from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Regional Commission for Controlling Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), trained a total of 20 agriculture experts on Desert Locust survey and control operations, from 9-13 March 2020. The trainees were from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development...
26 February 2020
Farmers in Rulindo district are predominately vegetable growers. They rely on rainfall, however, much of the water runs-off from its steep hills owing to the area’s mountainous landscape. Yanze River, the main source of water for the district, serves also Rwanda’s capital Kigali for domestic use. This diverse Yanze water...
Farmers in Rulindo district are predominately vegetable growers. They rely on rainfall, however, much of the water runs-off from its steep hills owing to the area’s mountainous landscape. Yanze River, the main source of water for the district, serves also Rwanda’s capital Kigali for domestic use. This diverse Yanze water...
12 February 2020
The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing livestock and cultivating crops such as maize and rice, but they suffer a long dry season stretching from June to...
The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing livestock and cultivating crops such as maize and rice, but they suffer a long dry season stretching from June to...
