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14 August 2018
Mukono – In a bid to respond to the Fall Armyworm (FAW) outbreaks and minimize the pest’s destruction of crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations working with the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), have rolled out the use of...
Mukono – In a bid to respond to the Fall Armyworm (FAW) outbreaks and minimize the pest’s destruction of crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations working with the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), have rolled out the use of...
21 June 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda, yesterday, 20 June 2018, joined the Government of Uganda, other UN agencies and partners to commemorate World Refugee Day at Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro district. Nakivale, one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda, opened in 1958 and...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda, yesterday, 20 June 2018, joined the Government of Uganda, other UN agencies and partners to commemorate World Refugee Day at Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro district. Nakivale, one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda, opened in 1958 and...
15 June 2018
FAO, in coordination with key partners, officially launched the Eastern Africa Field Schools Support Hub in Entebbe, Uganda on 30 May. The launch was attended by key field schools (FS) delegates which included FAO representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya and headquarters, permanent secretaries, directors of extension, international agencies, institutions, academia, farmers and...
FAO, in coordination with key partners, officially launched the Eastern Africa Field Schools Support Hub in Entebbe, Uganda on 30 May. The launch was attended by key field schools (FS) delegates which included FAO representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya and headquarters, permanent secretaries, directors of extension, international agencies, institutions, academia, farmers and...
12 June 2018
FAO and its partners are trying to end the dependence of family farms and enterprises on child labour through improving skills of especially small family farmers, providing access to inputs and credit, especially for women, and implementing sustainable agricultural practices in order to improve productivity and make smallholder farms viable...
FAO and its partners are trying to end the dependence of family farms and enterprises on child labour through improving skills of especially small family farmers, providing access to inputs and credit, especially for women, and implementing sustainable agricultural practices in order to improve productivity and make smallholder farms viable...
11 June 2018
Speaking at the national stakeholders meeting for players in the meat value chain, at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), as part of the celebrations to mark support for a World Food Safety Day, former chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Ms Awilo Ochieng Pernet, commended UNBS for its...
Speaking at the national stakeholders meeting for players in the meat value chain, at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), as part of the celebrations to mark support for a World Food Safety Day, former chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Ms Awilo Ochieng Pernet, commended UNBS for its...
