FAO in Uganda

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11 November 2018
The first cohort of trainees for the FAO In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology (ISAVET) Programme recently completed Part I of the training course to enhance capacity of African countries, including Uganda, to prepare for, detect and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that include zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases. A...
18 October 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day celebrations on 16 October 2018 at Nabuin Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute...
25 September 2018
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Government of Sweden represented by the Embassy of Sweden in Uganda to implement a 5 year project to support women in Karamoja and West Nile in addressing climate change challenges and improving household income. The...
05 September 2018
Launches report on the food security, resilience and well-being analysis of refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda and a new Roadmap to support refugee and host communities to be resilient and food secure    Moyo – Uganda currently hosts approximately 1.4 million refugees from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo...
31 August 2018
 Ticks, tick acaricide resistance and tick-borne diseases of livestock in Uganda     31 August 2018, Mbarara - Following a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the prevalence of ticks, tick-borne diseases and tick resistance to acaricides in Uganda, experts have now recommended measures to be...