FAO in Tanzania

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31 January 2018
Maize and rice most affected crops The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture have today signed a cooperation agreement that aims to support Tanzania in building its surveillance and management capacity to respond efficiently to fall armyworm (FAW) invasion in the country. The...
17 January 2018
The Government through the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has appreciated the financial and technical support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aimed at promoting food safety and quality assurance in the country. In a recent letter to the FAO Representative to Tanzania Fred Kafeero, TBS...
08 January 2018
Food security stakeholders from across the country are meeting in Zanzibar to strategize the roll-out of the Chronic Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) roll-out in Tanzania.  Speaking at the opening of the workshop the Assistant Director, National Food Security Division in the Ministry of Agriculture (Mainland), Ombaeli Obadiah Lemweli, said...
04 December 2017
Delegates from ten Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC) countries are in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania attending a workshop on Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Laboratory Diagnostic and Technical Assistance on Serology Tests. The aim is to learn and share experiences for surveillance and eradication of PPR in their respective countries and...
23 November 2017
Representatives from the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, civil society, private sector, academia and media are attending a national, multi-stakeholder seminar on implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) in Dar es...