FAO in Uganda

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10 June 2016
  The equipment will strengthen surveillence, diagnosis and livestock disease reporting. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations handed over laboratory equipment to six regional veterinary laboratories to strengthen surveillance, diagnosis and reporting of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the country. The equipment includes fridges, cool boxes for...
17 May 2016
One million three hundred thousand livestock have been vaccinated in Karamoja Region after a smart vaccination exercise launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Government of Uganda in September 2015.The exercise is one of the FAO interventions on livestock health in Karamoja Region and...
16 May 2016
FAO and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Uganda launched a small-scale irrigation system in Mubende District, as part of efforts to strengthen resilience of rural populations and agricultural production systems through provision of water for irrigation in the district.FAO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal...
16 May 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the National Animal Disease Diagnostic and Epidemiology Centre (NADDEC) of the Ministry of agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) launched an Event Mobile Application (EMA) for livestock disease surveillance in Karamoja Region.EMA is a web based real-time technology that uses...
29 April 2016
FAO Sub-Regional Office for East Africa and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have signed a partnership agreement to coordinate cross-border efforts on animal health, trade and natural resources management coordination. The programme will address community engagement on policy and investment as well as cross-cutting areas of work such as...