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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Sierra Leone

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Activities: Activist, Educational, Networking
Type: UN Organization
Scope: international
Website: www.fao.org/countryprofiles/in...
Main Email: FAO-SL [at] fao.org
Phone: N/A
Regional office: PO Box 71
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Local Time: Fri Jan 9 06:27:58

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate

agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.



FAO's activities comprise four main areas:



- Putting information within reach.

- Sharing policy expertise.

- Providing a meeting place for nations.

- Bringing knowledge to the field.



The principal function of the Regional Office for Africa is the overall identification , planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the Region. It ensures a multi disciplinary approach to programmes; identify priority areas of

action for the Organization in the Region and, in collaboration with departments and divisions at headquarters, advise on the incorporation of such priorities into the Organization's Programme of Work and Budget; implement approved programmes in the Region; and monitor the level of programme implementation and draw attention to any deficiencies.



Specific activities of the Regional Office for Africa



- Ensure a multidisciplinary approach to projects and programmes implemented in the Region with FAO's technical assistance.



- Report on the major developments and trends in countries of the Region, based on Regional and Sub-regional



objectives for food and agriculture.



- Organize the FAO Regional Conference for the Region, every two years.

Maintain policy and technical dialogue with and among FAO member countries, involving national and international institutions.



- Follow up on the World Food Summit and issues related to Food Security in the Region.



- Promote technical cooperation among the countries of the Region.

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