FAO in Rwanda

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24 November 2022
Today in Musanze District, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Agricultural and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) and Rwanda Standards Board concluded the first phase of a series of training for 100 beekeepers. During this exercise, trainers focused on key areas of...
05 November 2022
DeSIRA project steering committee members met on Wednesday 2 November 2022 in Nyagatare district to review project progress and plan for the next quarter. The second edition of the steering committee meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together representatives of project implementing partners...
12 September 2022
The three UN Rome-based agencies – FAO, IFAD and WFP teamed up with host Rwanda Cooperation (RC) to celebrate this year’s UN Day for South-South Cooperation. In addition to the Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) and the RC, the event was attended by Government Ministers from Rwanda, the UN community in Rwanda...
07 September 2022
Kigali – Africa already has the solutions to address rising hunger and malnutrition, and it’s now time for accelerated action – that was the key message at the AGRF Summit’s First Ladies special session on nutrition today. AGRF2022 is being held in the shadow of rising hunger across Africa. More than 278...
25 August 2022
Thinking that a farmer can own and use a smartphone in daily agricultural activities on his/her farm still sounds like a myth in many African countries where farming is a subsistence occupation that involves mainly rural elderly people. But Daniel Nshimiyimana, a farmer of banana, vegetable, and rearing chicken in...