UN agricultural agency seeks greater efficiency in West Africa

In an effort to make its network more effective in responding to Members’ needs and ensure more efficient use of resources, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced the opening of a new Sub-regional Office for West Africa in Accra, Ghana.

The Office, which will be operational by the end of October, will host a multidisciplinary team of international FAO technical experts complemented by junior Ghanaian professionals in the fields of animal health/production, plant production/protection, fisheries, land and water, forestry, policy and investment.

The agreement for opening the Sub-regional Office was signed by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf and Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.