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Independent daily from Sierra Leone

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October 14, 2020
Sierra Leone: AVDP Enhances Youth Capacity On Cocoa Production &marketing
More than 225 tree crop Youth Contractors have concluded a week long capacity building exercise on Cocoa nursery establishment and management. Read more »
July 20, 2020
Sierra Leone: Boosting Oil Palm Farming in Sierra Leone--Teachers and Army Officers Rise to the Challenge
Farming in Daru, a town in the Kailahun district of Sierra Leone has long been the preserve of the uneducated. But thanks to some teachers and army officers in the community, the… Read more »
June 01, 2020
Sierra Leone: Njala University Signs U.S.191,900,000 Oil Palm Project
Njala University has on Thursday 28th May,2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) to implement a USD 191,900,000 Oil… Read more »
May 20, 2020
Sierra Leone: Fishman Gets 15yrs for Sexual Penetration
Twenty three years Osman Kamara was on Tuesday, 19th May, sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment by Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court, after being found guilty of sexually… Read more »
October 23, 2019
Sierra Leone: Deputy Agriculture Minister Lauds Solidaridad's Innovative Farming Approaches
Photo: Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Hon. Samking Koihinah Braima glancing at Solidaridad cocoa Facilitator's Guide ©Solidaridad Sierra Leone Read more »
October 21, 2019
Sierra Leone: Female Fish Famer Won Orange Social Venture Prize
Aminata F. Kanneh, a young Agro-Fish Farm innovator, based in Bo City,Southern Sierra Leone, last Wednesday, 16th October, emerged as the winner of the Orange Telecom Social… Read more »
June 17, 2019
Sierra Leone: Solidaridad to Launch New Initiatives to Transform Cocoa, Oil Palm
Solidaridad in Sierra Leone will on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 launch two major initiatives aimed at improving sustainable production of cocoa and oil palm in the country. Read more »
May 22, 2019
Sierra Leone: Parliament Ratifies U.S.$57 Million Water and Agriculture Loan Agreements
Members of Parliament yesterday ratified an amount of $57million loan agreements in order to boost the agriculture and water sectors. Read more »

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