FAO Digital Media Hub - UGANDA 2009. Brenda Carolyn Piloya, second from left, National Agronomist, at the FAO Kitgum Office, conducting a workshop with local facilitators about the status of the crops in Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. Brenda Carolyn Piloya, left, National Agronomist, at the FAO Kitgum Office, conducting a workshop with local facilitators about the status of the crops in Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. A woman sorting seeds in an Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDP) just outside of Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. A young girl in an Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDP) just outside of Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. A woman working in the common area of an Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDP) just outside of Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. An inhabitant of an Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDP) just outside of Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. A young girl carrying her brother on her back in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp just outside of Kitgum.

UGANDA 2009. Mr Percy W. Misika, FAO Representative in Uganda referring to a Ugandan map during an interview at the FAO office in Kampala.

UGANDA 2009. Mr Percy W. Misika, FAO Representative in Uganda during an interview at the FAO office in Kampala.

UGANDA 2009. A group of young farmers from the Amuru Tek Youth holding a meeting with FAO officials.

UGANDA 2009. A group of farmers from the Amido Farmers Group at work cultivating the NERICA rice crops.

UGANDA 2009. Mr Percy W. Misika, FAO Representative in Uganda, referring to a map during an interview with Ms Liliane Kambirigi, FAO Information Officer.

UGANDA 2009. A group of farmers from the Amido Farmers Group going to work in the NERICA rice crops with their hoes in hand.

Mr Percy W. Misika, left, FAO Representative in Uganda during an interview at the FAO office in Kampala. To the right, Dr Emmanuel Niyibigira National Project Manager/NERICA Project, Ms Liliane Kambir

UGANDA 2009. Farmers from the Ribe ber Farmers' Group introduce themselves at a meeting with FAO officials.

UGANDA 2009. Lilian Atin, Facilitator of the Acungi Rice and Abany Rice Group posing inside the NERICA rice depot in Apac District in Lira.

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UGANDA 2009. Brenda Carolyn Piloya, second from left, National Agronomist, at the FAO Kitgum Office, conducting a workshop with local facilitators about the status of the crops in Kitgum.

FAO Project GCP/UGA/036/JPN: Agriculture and Rural Development through Innovative Rice-based Farming Systems for Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Uganda. Overall objective: to promote innovative rice-based farming systems for sustainable intensification of rice production through enabling the capacity at national, regional and community levels. Immediate objectives: 2.1) Immediate objective 1: Enhancement of the sustainable intensification of rice-based production systems through introduction of agricultural conservation practices, crop rotation and crop-livestock systems, including supplemental irrigation for upland and rainfed lowland ecosystems 2.2) Immediate objective 2: Development of a sustainable quality seed production and distribution systems at national and community levels of improved rice varieties including NERICA 2.3) Immediate objective 3: Improvement of rice post-harvest technologies at household/community level through demonstrations, rehabilitation of post-harvest pilot centres and dissemination of technologies in line with identified needs.

07/01/2009

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