Cocoa, coffee, and cashew sectors in Sierra Leone are on the menu of the Boosting Agriculture and Food Security project in Liberia

Published 2022년 5월 6일

Tridge summary

A meeting was held in Freetown on April 13 to discuss the Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) project in Sierra Leone, which is focused on improving the cocoa, coffee, and cashew nut sectors. The meeting was attended by Solidaridad West Africa, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (WHH), the Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) of Sierra Leone, and the Cocoa Coffee Cashew Platform (SLCCCP). The discussion aimed at addressing technical issues and challenges in these value chains and sustaining the platform to enhance the productivity, viability, and competitiveness of the sector. Topics covered included resource mobilization, sustainability of farmers' organizations, agricultural training, marketing and export, land challenges, and issues related to productivity, quality control, certification, and regulatory frameworks. The BAFS program has already supported 7,818 beneficiaries who cultivated about 5,182 hectares of land in 12 districts of Sierra Leone with improved cash crop varieties.
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Original content

The Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) project in Liberia aimed at developing the cocoa, coffee and cashew nut sectors in Sierra Leone was the subject of a meeting on April 13 in Freetown. This meeting brought together Solidaridad West Africa and Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (WHH), commissioned by the EU, which finances the project, to implement it, as well as the Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) of Sierra Leone and the Cocoa Coffee Cashew Platform (SLCCCP). . The objective of the meeting was to discuss technical issues and challenges affecting the cocoa, coffee and cashew value chains and the sustainability of the platform in order to increase the productivity, viability and competitiveness of the sector. . Were discussed resource mobilization strategies, the sustainability of the platform and farmers' organizations, agricultural training, marketing and export of products, land ...
Source: Commodafrica

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