FAO trains Amolatar farmers on gender champions
Ekalu John Bosco, the Executive Director of the Amot Farmers Association, expressed his satisfaction with the training initiative.
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ESAFF calls for efforts to promote food safety to avert food-borne infections
ESAFF works by nurturing the participation of small scale farmers in sustainable development processes, capacity building and institutional development
Agriculture: 2023 is the International “Year of Millets”
In Uganda, millets are grown in the east, north and south western regions. In the east and north, districts of Apac, Kitgum, Lira, Kamuli, Iganga, Soroti and Tororo use more than 60 percent of the countries acreage to grow millet.
Better policies – a critical element of food safety, and food security in East and Sub-Saharan Africa
According to FAO, in Africa, over 90m people fall ill, while nearly 137,000 die each year due to food-borne diseases.
FAO intervenes as charcoal burning is responsible for deforestation in the north
According to FAO, the demand for wood fuel is increasing at a rate of 4.2 percent annually, with 65 percent of urban households relying on charcoal as their primary energy source.