AYV News, February 25, 2025
UN Sierra Leone representatives from key ministries, agencies, the private agrifood sector, and financing and development partners gathered in Freetown to discuss how the Feed Salone game changer can be achieved by 2028.
The meeting was productive, with participants agreeing to pursue specific objectives and announcing clear results, including expanding rice sector investments, boosting egg production, increasing land for onion cultivation and enhancing cassava production and processing opportunities.
The Feed Salone Strategy is a beacon of hope, aiming to boost food security and inclusive economic growth in Sierra Leone through strategic investments. Pillar 3, in particular, focuses on enhancing the aggregation, processing, and marketing of agrifood products to increase competitiveness – domestically and on international markets – as well as to improve food security to drive the transformation of the agrifood sector in Sierra Leone.
The development of an Implementation Plan for the Operationalization of the Feed Salone Strategy Pillar 3, as part of the European Union’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Intelligence Initiative (SASI), further underscores the potential of this strategy.
There are also plans to encourage increased production and raise the quality of Sierra Leone’s cashew output to take advantage of opportunities in international markets. The Feed Salone Strategy is a beacon of hope, aiming to boost food security and inclusive economic growth in Sierra Leone through strategic investments.
Pillar 3, in particular, focuses on enhancing the aggregation, processing, and marketing of agrifood products to increase competitiveness – domestically and on international markets – as well as to improve food security to drive the transformation of the agrifood sector in Sierra Leone.
The development of an Implementation Plan for the Operationalization of the Feed Salone Strategy Pillar 3, as part of the European Union’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Intelligence Initiative (SASI), further underscores the potential of this strategy.
