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MarIn its quest to promote farmer cooperatives in the country including the Western Area, the Produce Monitoring Board has provided farming tools and repaired rice milling machine for the Ogoo Farmers’ Association as winners of the Best Rice Framer category during the 2018 Quality Produce Fair Awards. This support is part of The Quality Produce Fair that […]
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FebThe Female Cashew Farmer Empowerment Project is targeting female farmers in various communities in northern Sierra Leone. The project is looking forward to support female cashew farmers who already owned land for which they do not share ownership with either their husband, immediate or extended families. In the case where interested females do not have land and[…]
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FebSierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have participated in a Cocoa Market Orientation Mission to Brussels and Amsterdam with funds from The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Netherlands. The Mission started on the 15th of February and ended on the 21st of February[…]
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JanThe distribution of prizes to the 2nd Quality Produce Fair award winners brought winners from the three districts in the East and the south (Kenema, Kailahun and Kono and Bo) in Kenema and winners from three districts in the North (Kambia, Port Loko and Bombali) in Kambia to receive the remaining 50% of their winning package. In[…]
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JanA team from the Cocoa-Coffee Council of Ivory Coast and Ghana Cocoa Board has presented the draft regional sustainability Cocoa Standards for Africa to Cocoa stakeholders in Sierra Leone. The Cocoa-Coffee Council of Ivory Coast and Ghana Cocoa Board have agreed to take the lead in the implementation of the International ISO 34101 on sustainable and[…]
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JanDiaspora Focus on the 7th December 2019 awarded the Executive Chairman of Produce Monitoring Board Dr. James Vibbi for his diligent in reviving the Agricultural sector in the country which has gained international recognition. The award ceremony was held at Golden Tulip Hotel, Freetown where people were awarded from all sectors of life. Receiving the award, the[…]
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DecThe Produce Monitoring Board has awarded farmers and exporters at the Third Quality Produce Fair in Kenema City in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone. The Board awarded farmers and exporters in the cocoa, coffee, rice, ginger and cashew nut sectors after assessment and inspecting of their produces and exporters who export the highest produces. The award[…]
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DecThe Chief Minister, Prof. David Francis has commended the Executive Chairman of Produce Monitoring Board Dr. James Vibbi for reviving the Agricultural Cacao show which he said will help to encourage farmers and promote produce in the country.He made the commendation during the 3rd Quality Produce Fair held in Kenema. He said that government is determined to[…]
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DecThe Chief Minister, Prof. David Francis has on the 17th December 2019 attended the Third Quality Produce Fair (QPF) in Kenema which showcased the best of the country’s farming enterprises and produce. Speaking on behalf of President Bio and the agriculture ministry, the Chief Minister said the Government of Sierra Leone is determined to transform the agriculture[…]
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NovThe Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) in collaboration with the Exporters on Friday 22th November 2019, presented a cheque of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Leones (250,000,000) to the Resident Minister- East, Andrew Fatorma, at his Head Office in Kenema for the transformation of the Eastern Polytechnic in Kenema to a University. Presenting the Cheque, the Executive Chairman[…]