FAO’s presence is run by the Subregional Office (SFC) for Central Africa, based in Libreville (Gabon) and covering the following countries: Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Created on 11 May 2006, under the agreement signed between the Government of Gabon and FAO, the SFC Office was officially opened in July 2007. It was set up as part of the FAO decentralization process, to enable the Organization to respond more quickly and specifically to the needs of member countries and the subregional organizations of Central Africa, in the following domains:

• agricultural policy;
• sustainable management of forestry ecosystems, agro-ecosystems, and natural resources;
• agricultural productions (crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestry);
• food and nutritional security;
• emergency actions in response to natural and anthropic catastrophes.

It also supports the two subregional integration organizations, namely the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC), along with their specialized institutions (COMIFAC, COREP, CEBEVIRHA, ISTA, PRASAC).

Subregional Coordinator for Central Africa: Mravili Athman