News
06 May 2024
Preventing the spread of infectious diseases and high-impact zoonoses is critical for safeguarding public health and ensuring food security in Sierra Leone. To address these challenges, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) with funding from the United...
Preventing the spread of infectious diseases and high-impact zoonoses is critical for safeguarding public health and ensuring food security in Sierra Leone. To address these challenges, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) with funding from the United...
06 July 2022
FREETOWN - The new FAO Representative, Saeed A. Bancie, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Hon. Abu Bakarr Karim at his Youyi Building office in Freetown. During the visit, the FAO Representative appreciated the cordial relationship between FAO and the Ministry and assured the Minister of FAO’s...
FREETOWN - The new FAO Representative, Saeed A. Bancie, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Hon. Abu Bakarr Karim at his Youyi Building office in Freetown. During the visit, the FAO Representative appreciated the cordial relationship between FAO and the Ministry and assured the Minister of FAO’s...
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...
