FAO in Uganda

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23 April 2020
The United Nations in Uganda, together with 20 partner organisations, is appealing for US$ 316 million to support the country in minimizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its most vulnerable groups of people over the next six months. The appeal comes as COVID-19 threatens to spread in the country,...
18 March 2020
In a bid to enhance Uganda’s efforts to control Desert Locust, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has today handed over an assortment of equipment and vehicles to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), to beef-up the response. The equipment, which includes four pick-up...
06 December 2019
  Uganda joined other countries in Africa to pilot the Tripartite Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) operational tool, an instrument jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to support multi-sectoral risk assessment for...
30 October 2019
PPPs can attract the required investment, skills and technical know-how for modernizing the agricultural sector    30 October 2019, Kampala, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations together with the African Union Commission (AUC), convening in Kampala, Uganda, have called on African governments to create policies for improving Public-Private...
16 October 2019
With the growing double burden of food and nutrition insecurity globally and in developing countries like Uganda, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Uganda have reaffirmed their commitment to taking the necessary measures to address food and nutrition challenges, while calling upon...