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http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=ken 30-09-2011 13:40:38
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Training of Directorate of Veterinary Services personnel at Ports of Entry & Exit, Vet. Farms, Efficacy Trial Centers & Disease Risk management Unit on critical Biosafety/Biosecurity measures. Ag.DVS Dr. Allan Azegele & FAO-ECTAD ESA Region manager Charles Bebay officially opened the training.
This week FAO supports 2 critical conversations 1. Data Governance w/shop to guide mngt of data for Ag transformation in Kenya under Sweden/FAO funded KIAMIS project 2. Inception for GEF pjct targeting mangt of Agrochemicals and plastics in Agri-production FAO in Kenya
#HappeningNow #FARM workshop in 🇰🇪 drawing stakeholders in pesticides & agric. plastics management. FAO in Kenya UN Environment Programme & Gok supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF) are implementing the project that aims to strengthen investment 4 adoption of sustainable management of agrochemicals & agric. plastics.
Optimal utilization & sustainability of #KIAMIS funded by Sweden in Kenya requires access to data by governments & stakeholders to inform policy & investment decisions. FAO in Kenya is supporting Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development & others to develop a Data Governance Framework to guide access & use of data.
To enhance quality and reliability through systematic risk evaluation and control Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with Directorate of Veterinary Services supported training of Veterinary laboratory personnel in implementing the ISO/IEC 17025:2017+World Organisation for Animal Health Risk Management principles.
2023 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers. 2024 is on track to be worse. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, Food and Agriculture Organization demands an end to the violations against aid workers and the impunity with which they are committed. We must #ActForHumanity. We must #LeaveNoOneBehind.
Humanitarian workers are #NotATarget. They are a lifeline for vulnerable people in the most dire circumstances. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, Food and Agriculture Organization honours aid workers who have dedicated their lives to save others. We must ensure their safety and protection. #ActForHumanity
Humanitarian workers are #NotATarget. They are a lifeline for vulnerable people in the most dire circumstances. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, Food and Agriculture Organization honors aid workers who have dedicated their lives to save others.
Govt. of Kenya Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry🇰🇪 hosts a national consultation in partnership with TMG Think Tank & supported by Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Land and Drought on better integrating #LandTenure into its #LandDegradationNeutrality strategies & action plans. Kenya is 1st first country to undertake this process Africa
NCAJ through support of FAO in Kenya & European Union In Kenya Digital Land Governance Programme the govt. of 🇰🇪 launched of the ‘Strategic Guiding Framework for Greening Kenya’s Justice Systems. The event was graced by Hon. Justice Martha K. Koome, FCIArb, EGH, Hon. Aden Duale, EGH and other actors in the justice system.
Through the Hand in Hand initiative FAO in Kenya held a meeting with PS State Dept. of Livestock Devt. Hon. Jonathan Mueke, CBS. The meeting brought together the Govt. & devt. partners in the sector to discuss & action the process of increasing feed & fodder investment in the Country.
#QualityAssurance FAO in Kenya ECTAD supported by USAID Kenya is training Directorate of Veterinary Services lab. personnel on Internal Auditing - ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards. The goal is to enhance DVS lab. quality management system, ensuring accuracy & reliability in our results.
FAO in Kenya Rep. Nyabenyi Tipo during launch of the Circular Economy in County Aggregation & Industrial Parks (CAIPS) Project. CAIPS will be implemented in Laikipia & Nyamira Counties. CAIPS is jointly implemented by Food and Agriculture Organization , UNIDO & IOM Kenya & funded by Norway in Kenya.
FAO led - Nyabenyi Tito Tipo, Husna Abdalla Mbarak & Okobateso discussed with Hon. Alice Wahome, EGH & Generali Nixon Korir on the ongoing partnership on Digital Land Governance Prog. implemented by FAO in Kenya & Govt. 🇰🇪 & funded by European Union In Kenya with a goal to improve land tenure security.
"We are collaborating on a number of projects to support the vulnerable as envisioned in the - "Leave No One Behind" UN Mantra" - FAO in Kenya Rep. a.i Nyabenyi Tito Tipo. She was accompanied by Husna Abdalla Mbarak & Okobateso during a courtesy call to CS Beatrice Askul Moe
The FAO in Kenya team led by the Nyabenyi Tito Tipo paid a courtesy call to the CS for Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development 🇰🇪 Dr Andrew Karanja. The team congratulated the CS on his appointment and briefed him on various collaborations.
Assessing progress made in the implementation of #KIAMIS. The CS Min.of Agric. & Livestock Dept. Dr Andrew Karanja , supporting State Agencies, FAO in Kenya & Sweden in Kenya to take stock of progress&discuss how to enhance implementation of KIAMIS. #DataforAgriculturalTransformation