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Family farming in Sierra Leone

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Family farms feed and employ two-thirds of the African population and work 62 percent of the land. Family farmers ensure the future of Africa and are at the heart of food security and sustainable food systems. The review updates the information on the situation of family farming in Sierra Leone, offers a critical look from the perspective of the different actors about the progress and challenges it faces. In particular, it makes an approach to public policies and national action plans in force or in process in the country and the importance of their implementation. In the same way, it places the producer organizations that group the farming families present at the national level, whose objective is the strengthening and resilience of family farming within the framework of sustainable agri-food systems. The country review emphasizes the Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and contributes substantively to Pillar 4 “Strengthening organizations of family farmers and their capacity to generate knowledge, represent their members and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural areas ”. The publication represents a transversal communicational section within the framework of the multi-stakeholder amalgam of family farming, summarizes the current situation and presents future problems. It is intended to fill the existing information gaps in rural areas. Within this framework, the Yenkasa Africa communication initiative implements a regional campaign to raise awareness on the UNDFF and promote improved communication capacities and services for family farming in Sierra Leone.

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