The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people. FAO's activities comprise four main areas:
• Putting information within reach
• Sharing policy expertise
• Providing a meeting place for nations
• Bringing knowledge to the field
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
FAO provides the kind of behind-the-scenes assistance that helps people and nations help themselves. If a community wants to increase crop yields but lacks the technical skills, we introduce simple, sustainable tools and techniques. When a country shifts from state to private land ownership, we provide the legal advice to smooth the way. When a drought pushes already vulnerable groups to the point of famine, we mobilize action. And in a complex world of competing needs, we provide a neutral meeting place and the background knowledge needed to reach consensus.
In Rwanda, FAO opened its Representation in 1985. It assists the Government in solving problems relative to the agriculture and rural sector. After the period of emergency (1994-1999), FAO has assisted the Government in entering the area of development specifically in institutional rehabilitation and capacity building, agriculture and nutrition policy development, technology transfer, environment protection and in income generation.
Detailed information and publications covering the areas of intervention of FAO Rwanda can be found in its Library, or at its Website www.fao.org/world/rwanda/ or www.fao.org/ . Among information tools are a set of CD-ROMs distributed to the main local Institutions partners to FAO, including all information related to the activities of the organization. The same set of CD-ROMs is kept at the Library for its public users.
Contacts;
FAO
P.O.BOX 1502
BOULEVARD OF THE UMUGANDA
Kigali, Rwanda
TELEPHONE: 583719, 583720, 583722
FAX: (250) 583726
E-MAIL: FAO-RW@fao.org
Links:
www.fao.org/world/rwanda/ | www.fao.org/ |
