FAO in Sierra Leone

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12 July 2018
Mohamed Tommy Koroma rears livestock in Moindu Wandor in Kenema, East of Sierra Leone. He has been in the trade for over 15 years, but this year is a miserable time for him because he has already lost 13 out of the 15 livestock he owned. His livestock are dying...
22 March 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday, 21 March 2018 joined the rest of the world in commemoration of the International Day of Forests under the theme, “Forest and Sustainable Cities”. The event brought together a number of stakeholders including, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs),...
30 January 2018
FAO gives refresher training to 60 Community Animal Health Workers The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), on Monday, 29 January 2018 trained sixty Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) to provide support to improve the...
15 December 2017
The Sierra Leone Central Veterinary Laboratory at Teko, in Makeni was inaugurated on Thursday, 14 December 2017 to revamp operations as the country’s main referral place for providing services for animal health. The newly rehabilitated laboratory was inaugurated by His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in the company of the...
27 September 2017
Stakeholders in the agriculture, forestry, fisheries, land and rural development sectors in Sierra Leone have held the 4th Multi-Stakeholder Platform workshop on the implementation of the Voluntarily Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) . The two-day workshop was...