FAO in Uganda

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12 August 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted an After-Action-Reviews for anthrax and Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks considered to have ended in May 2021. Both diseases are now endemic and outbreaks can occur at any time. This review, co-hosted with TDDAP (Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa...
06 August 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), conducted a training workshop on Event Mobile Application (EMA-i) to improve animal diseases real-time reporting, early warning and surveillance. The training was facilitated by the Global Early...
27 July 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda supports a meeting to understand the impact of ASF in the public and private sectors in Uganda and identify the needs of and common grounds of interest of all stakeholders for the effective control of ASF. This meeting...
26 July 2021
A delegation of representatives from Uganda has arrived in Accra, Ghana, for a five-day exchange visit to inform Uganda's development of a timber traceability system. The delegation, composed of representatives from Uganda forestry authorities and line ministries, as well as representatives from the Uganda Timber Growers Association (UTGA), will meet...
23 July 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda has organized a one-day stakeholder’s virtual workshop to review the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) project progress and to propose activities for the 2021/22 workplan. This consultative workshop seeks to ensure ownership, synergy, effective collaboration and resource mobilization...