FAO in Uganda

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29 September 2020
 Uganda has today joined the global community to observe the first ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, with calls to increase investments in approaches and innovations to bolster reduction of food loss. The day was designated by the 74th United Nations General Assembly in 2019, recognizing the...
22 September 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) donated 190 motorcycles to government agencies and organizations that will help to implement various climate change programmes in 29 districts in Uganda, that are very vulnerable to the effects of the changing climate. The 29 beneficiary districts that received the motorcycles...
20 July 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda has shown its support for veterinary health workers involved in the management of deadly livestock diseases by donating an assortment of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth USD 50 000 to the Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and...
30 June 2020
The Government of Uganda, with technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), have launched a new project titled: “Integrating Climate Resilience into Agricultural and Pastoral Production in Uganda, through a Farmer/Agro-pastoralist Field School approach”. An...
26 June 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated assorted ICT equipment to twelve districts in Uganda, to help strengthen animal disease surveillance and reporting from the district to the national coordination center. The equipment will help to improve timely submission of disease incidence reports from the...