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Strengthening food security in Sierra Leone - GCP/SIL/042/GER

Year of publication 2017

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In view of the highly precarious food and nutrition security situation facing Sierra Leone, the project served as a response to widespread concern over undernutrition. With the national economy heavily dependent on agriculture, and with women and youth trapped in perpetual poverty due to persistent norms of social exclusion, there was a perceived need in the country to put in place nutrition-sensitive measures. With the consideration given to nutrition in agriculture often insufficient, the proj ect was geared towards guiding the country towards its dual objective of wealth creation and improvement of food and nutrition security.

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