Type of Dialogue
Member State
Stage
Stage 3
Convened by
Madam Francess Alghali, Minister of State, Office of the Vice President
Language of Dialogue Event
English
Date/time
From:
To:
To:
Geographical focus
Sierra Leone
Format
In-person
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Curator
Madam Nenebah Jalloh, National Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat
Description
The food system dialogue will be centered around two of the global action tracks – Action track #1 – Ensure Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for all and Action Track #5 – Building Resilience to vulnerability, shocks, and stresses. Ten thematic areas have been identified for the dialogue discussions to revolve around them as follows:
- Access to finance
- Access to inputs
- Production Requirement
- Processing
- Marketing and Distribution
- Consumption and Utilization
- Food waste management
- Policy development, enforcement, and coordination
- Conflict and instability
- Climate/Environmental extremes Economic shocks
- Pandemics & agricultural negative impacts
Five sub-national dialogues were held as follows:
- Western Region – 13th and 14th July 2021
- Southern Region – 29th and 30th July, 2021
- Eastern Region – 29th and 30th July, 2021
- North Western Region – 29th and 30th July, 2021
- Northern Region – 2nd and 3rd August 2021.
Acknowledgement
I would like to express our gratitude to our major donor the Republic of Ireland under Irish Aid, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and all development partners, civil society organizations particularly Focus 1000 and SLeCAD that have provided the required funds and technical expertise needed to prepare for national dialogues.
Image credit: Scaling up Nutrition Secretariat