FAO and Vietnam collaborate on US$5M project to support the rice sector in Sierra Leone

SIERRA LEONE – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Vietnam have collaborated in a South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) agreement aimed at developing the rice sector in Sierra Leone. With an estimated budget of US$5 million, the tripartite agreement for the new project was signed by His Excellency Abu Bakarr Karim, Minister for Agriculture, Forestry…

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AfDB sets aside US$91m to support grain self-sufficiency initiatives in Sudan, Sierra Leone

AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB)  under its African Emergency Food Production Facility is committing US$90.91 million to support wheat and rice production initiatives in Sudan and Sierra Leone respectively. The African Emergency Food Facility,  a segment of the AFDB was launched in May 2022 to help African countries avert the ongoing food crisis due to the disruption of…

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