FAO in Rwanda

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20 November 2019
Gender equality is central to the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to achieve food security for all by raising levels of nutrition, improving agricultural productivity and natural resource management, and improving the lives of rural populations. Current data indicate that about 45 percent of...
20 November 2019
Today about 2 billion people – 26 percent of the population of the world do not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food despite the world’s focus on increasing food production. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims at tackling the root cause of this disparity....
19 November 2019
Leaving your good job to engage in agriculture is not something really understood by many people particularly in countries like Rwanda, where agriculture still shares the unfair perception of being a burdensome sector with less rewards. Juliette Yaramba is challenging this old mindset and she is paving new ways to inspire...
05 November 2019
To promote biodiversity integration in agricultural sectors, including crops and livestock production systems, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture in the African region, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), organized...
31 October 2019
Rwanda today celebrated the annual World Food Day (WFD). This year, the day is particularly aimed at calling on everyone to start thinking about what they eat.   The national theme is “Ibikorwa Byacu Nibyo Shingiro ry’Ejo Hazaza. Indyo Yuzuye mu Isi Izira Inzara” drawn from the global theme “Our actions...