Agriculture
‘Journalist – Farmer’ harvests 5.5 Hectares rice farm
AYV News, December 12, 2024
According to reports, Sierra Leone spends approximately $ 200 million annually on rice imports. Statistically, rice imports account for 35% of the country's rice supply.
Due...
Agriculture
ACC is poised to sanitise Agriculture Sector-ACC Manager
AYV News, September 17, 2024
The Regional Manager of the Anticorruption Commission in the NorthWest Region Fatu Florence Kamara has told staff and volunteers of...
Agriculture
NaCSA meets regional rice value chain Experts in Kambia
The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) concluded a day-long discussion with the Regional Rice Value Chain Project, through its Kambia district office. The...
Agriculture
400 hectares of onion farm harvested in Sierra Leone
President Julius Maada Bio has joined the management of Pee Cee Agriculture Limited and farmers to commence the harvesting of their 400-hectares of onion...
Agriculture
GoSL, EU, UNDCF officially launch ‘Salone Access to Finance’ Project to Empower Farmers
AYV News, March 22, 2024
The Ministry of Planning and economic Development (MoPED), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), the European Union (EU),...
Agriculture
Chief Agricultural Officer assess activities at Torma Bum
Chief Agricultural Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAFS), Prof. Abdulai Y. Jalloh, visited Torma Bum to gain firsthand insights into the...
Agriculture
Chimpanzee Sanctuary engages communities on vegetable gardening
Sustainable alternative livelihood development is one of the key components of the Outamba Kilimi Kuru PensillI Soyah (OKKPS) Project around the Outamba Kilimi National...
Agriculture
Tacugama Project engages communities on Vegetable Gardening
Towards a participative, inclusive and sustainable management of the forest landscape complex of Outamba-Kilimi (Sierra Leone), Kuru Hills (Sierra Leone) and Pinselli-Soya (Guinea) have...
Agriculture
Agriculture minister discusses ‘Feed Salone’ agenda at COP28
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka has said that the ambitious ‘Feed Salone’ programme launched by Sierra Leone’s...
Agriculture
Sierra Leone’s Food Security seeks stronger cooperation Egypt
A delegation from Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) led by Deputy Minister 1, Dr. Theresa Tenneh Dick is on a working visit...
Agriculture
SIERRATEC to increase harvest from 500 to 2,000 hectares
Though it is a business conglomerate providing services in ICT, sales of stationeries and others, Sierratec Secure Company holds a firm grip in farming...