Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sierra Leone

08/08/2022

ADB Approves $36 Million Rice Project for Sierra Leone

Monday, 8th August 2022

Zachariah Jalloh, StratCom, MIC.

In compliance with President Dr Julius Maada Bio’s vision for making Sierra Leone self-sufficient in rice production, the Ministry of Agriculture has commenced a 3-day engagement on the Technical launch of the Rice Agro Industrial Cluster (SL RAIC) Project at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel, Freetown.

The Rice Agro Industrial Cluster Project is a $36million project that is supported by the African Development Bank and the Government of Sierra Leone. It's specifically geared towards enhancing rice self-sufficiency in Sierra Leone and improving the livelihoods of citizens in rural households.

The Project will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture in Bonthe and Pujehun Districts, where It is projected to benefit 5000 farmers within a five-year period.

The SLRAIC project was borne out of the engagement held between President Dr. Julius Maada Bio and the President of the African Development Bank Dr. Akinwumi Adeseni in March 2020, when the President of the African Development Bank visited Sierra Leone and held fruitful discussions with President Dr. Julius Maada Bio on areas of cooperation, especially on Agriculture.

The Key project outcomes are improved food security, Agribusiness skills development for employability and entrepreneurship and improved value addition and commercialization of rice.

03/08/2022

RRVCP HANDS OVER REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN TORMABUM

The Regional Rice Value Chain Project (RRVCP) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in a meeting with stakeholders in Torma, Bum Chiefdom, Bonthe District, has officially handover the contractors for the rehabilitation of storage facilities and market stores to the Paramount chief and other chiefdom authorities on Tuesday, 2nd August,2022.

Speaking at the meeting, the Project Coordinator of Regional Rice Value Chain Project (RRVCP), Abdulai Bun Wai, informed the gathering that the significance of the meeting was to formally introduce the contractors who have been hired by his project management unit to deliver key infrastructural facilities as part of the project mandate.

Mr Wai used the opportunity to update the stakeholders of Tormabum that the Rice Value Chain Project is divided into two broad categories, the farm support infrastructures which constitute the rehabilitation of two storage facilities, construction of one store and rice milling facilities as well as a drying floor. The other component is farm production which deals with cultivation, processing and marketing.Similarly, construction work on a modernized community market at Tormabum is also in progress.

The Project Coordinator pleaded with the Paramount Chief and the various agribusiness companies occupying the dilapidated storage facilities to relocate to other building temporarily within one-week so that the contractors would commence operations immediately.

On his part the, the Paramount Chief of Bum Chiefdom, Bonthe district, Hon. Alex J.J. Kainpumu II reiterated that his chiefdom’s total support to the project while expressing his profound thanks appreciation to the Management Unit of the Regional Rice Value Chain for their hard work despite the challenges.

PC Kainpumu called on both the Rice Development Company and the West African Rice Company to give-up the storage facilities for rehabilitation as it is for the development of the chiefdom and the entire country.

Representatives from Rice Development Company and the West African Rice Company Yayah A. Kamara and Ibrahim Conteh welcomed the refurbishment initiative of the said facilities by the Government of Sierra Leone through RRVCP. As partners, they would pledge their fullest cooperation with the project team and the Bum Chiefdom Authorities.

Receiving the , the Paramount Chief cautioned that his admini

01/08/2022

https://www.ricemillplants.com/rice-mill/rice-mill-plant.html We provide turnkey solutions to 10T-500T/D rice mill plants, parboiled rice mill plants, and single rice machines including rice color sorter, rice polisher, etc.

28/07/2022

Jubilation as African Development Bank Approves $2 Million For Sierra Leone. Checkout How it Will be Spent

👇👇

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a grant of $2 million