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11 May 2018
Rwanda committed to restore two million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2020 as a pledge to the Bonn Challenge and to contribute to AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), a pan-African, country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares (386 thousand square miles) of degraded and deforested landscapes by...
Rwanda committed to restore two million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2020 as a pledge to the Bonn Challenge and to contribute to AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), a pan-African, country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares (386 thousand square miles) of degraded and deforested landscapes by...
26 April 2018
Thirty-three plant and forest pests and diseases and animal and aquatic diseases were forecasted by FAO experts for the period April to June 2018. The Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin indicate that the transboundary threats to animal and plant health and food safety have a potential high impact on food...
Thirty-three plant and forest pests and diseases and animal and aquatic diseases were forecasted by FAO experts for the period April to June 2018. The Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin indicate that the transboundary threats to animal and plant health and food safety have a potential high impact on food...
10 April 2018
The 2017 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World issued by FAO states that there is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, yet 815 million people go hungry. Increased innovations will be needed to ensure food security. FAO has come up with different approaches....
The 2017 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World issued by FAO states that there is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, yet 815 million people go hungry. Increased innovations will be needed to ensure food security. FAO has come up with different approaches....
21 March 2018
Agriculture is one of East Africa’s most important sectors, with about 80 percent of the population of the region living in rural areas and depending on agriculture for their livelihood. Food produced is for home consumption, processing and also for export. Climate change and its impacts such as drought has caused...
Agriculture is one of East Africa’s most important sectors, with about 80 percent of the population of the region living in rural areas and depending on agriculture for their livelihood. Food produced is for home consumption, processing and also for export. Climate change and its impacts such as drought has caused...
19 February 2018
Marie Constance Mukamwiza is an enthusiastic farmer in Gishari, Rwamagana district. She is involved more in horticulture, growing avocadoes, mangoes, passion fruits and other crops on an Eight hectare of land. However, recently, she had to uproot two hectares of her passion fruits due to the Passion fruit Diseases that...
Marie Constance Mukamwiza is an enthusiastic farmer in Gishari, Rwamagana district. She is involved more in horticulture, growing avocadoes, mangoes, passion fruits and other crops on an Eight hectare of land. However, recently, she had to uproot two hectares of her passion fruits due to the Passion fruit Diseases that...
