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FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SIERRA LEONE - 15 January 1997

Year of publication 1997

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Special Reports and Alerts

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Sierra Leone from 27 November to 9 December 1996 to estimate the production of 1996 and the national food requirements for 1997, as well as to assess the food aid needs for that year. The Mission held discussions and interviews in Freetown with various officials from Government , National Farmers Association of Sierra Leone, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and both international and local NGOs. Specifically, the Mission held wide-ranging discussions with the planning and technical staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment (MAFE), the newly formed Ministry of National Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (MNRRR).

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