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04 July 2022
Freetown, Sierra Leone, The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David J. Francis, has today, Monday 4 July 2022, received the credentials for the incoming Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Saeed Abubakar Bancie. Professor Francis commended the longstanding ties of cooperation between...
Freetown, Sierra Leone, The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David J. Francis, has today, Monday 4 July 2022, received the credentials for the incoming Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Saeed Abubakar Bancie. Professor Francis commended the longstanding ties of cooperation between...
19 April 2022
Makeni – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided 800 000 doses of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccines to the Government of Sierra Leone and launched a nationwide vaccination campaign of sheep and goats against this endemic animal disease. PPR is a highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild...
Makeni – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided 800 000 doses of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccines to the Government of Sierra Leone and launched a nationwide vaccination campaign of sheep and goats against this endemic animal disease. PPR is a highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild...
19 April 2022
Makeni – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, launched today the first In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. ISAVET aims to strengthen the capacities of veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals to improve country’s capacity of detection...
Makeni – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, launched today the first In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. ISAVET aims to strengthen the capacities of veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals to improve country’s capacity of detection...
23 March 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, conducted a three-day sensitization of 11 communities at the human/ domestic/wildlife and ecosystem interface around the Gola Rainforest National Park in Pujehun. The sensitisation, carried out by...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, conducted a three-day sensitization of 11 communities at the human/ domestic/wildlife and ecosystem interface around the Gola Rainforest National Park in Pujehun. The sensitisation, carried out by...
14 February 2022
Freetown – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded today a national consultative review of its Priority Programme for 2022 and 2023. Stakeholders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ministry of Environment, Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA_SL),...
Freetown – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded today a national consultative review of its Priority Programme for 2022 and 2023. Stakeholders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ministry of Environment, Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA_SL),...
