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FAO Representative in Ghana

Ms Priya Gujadhur is the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Ghana ad interim, appointed to this position on 1 July 2024. She is performing this function concurrently with her responsibility as FAO Senior Regional Resilience Officer for Africa at the FAO Regional Office for Africa, which is also based in Accra.

Ms Gujadhur has served with FAO in different capacities for over 20 years, working in humanitarian response as well as the transition to efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.

She began her career with the private sector and moved to FAO in 2003 to work with the Technical Cooperation Department in FAO Headquarters, Rome. Between 2005 and 2010 she provided support to emergency and resilience projects in DPR Korea, Indonesia, Somalia, Sri Lanka and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In 2011, she moved to the FAO Representation in Kingston, Jamaica, to assist the Government in mitigating the effects of the food prices crisis. In 2012, Ms Gujadhur rejoined the Technical Cooperation Department in Rome, contributing specifically to FAO’s efforts to manage food chain crises in the Sahel and in Madagascar.

From 2014, she led operations for FAO’s Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip Programme based in Jerusalem. From 2018, Ms Gujadhur engaged in the development and management of FAO’s programme of work in Uganda, first as FAO Representative ad interim and then as FAO Deputy Representative, until her current appointment.

Ms Gujadhur is a national of Mauritius. She holds a Master of Science in Local Economic Development from the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).