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  The three-day working visit of the Secretary-General Ambassador Solomon Rutega accompanied by his Director of Research and Development Inter-Africa Coffee Organization Dr Celesrine Gatariah to Sierra Leone started on the 27th July and ended on the 29th of July, 2022 and was spearheaded by the Produce Monitoring Board. The visit of the Secretary-General and the Director […]

  The Executive Chairman Dr James Vibbi and the key technical team of PMB on the 21st of April 2022 held a meeting with Welthungerhilfe (WHH ) on the Stenophylla coffee and farm, and Farmer data. The meeting was held at the WHH office, Frazer Street, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown. The purpose of the meeting was to[…]

The PMB Regional Office South conducted a one-day inspection at The Sierra Tropical Limited  Benduma site, Sumbuya, Lugbu Chiefdom  Bo District. The purpose was to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the warehousing facility to determine its suitability for Export and the subsequent issuance of Store Certificate. The team of Inspectors that took part in this exercise[…]

The Board, Management and Staff of Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) whose headquarter offices are located at 10 Lightfoot Boston Street Freetown mourn the death of the fire victims of a fuel supply tanker that exploded at the PMB Wellington area in Freetown on November 5th 2021, which claimed dozens of lives, caused severe casualties and many properties[…]

Three staff of PMB have benefitted from a two-day training on Branding and Digital marketing from 11th to 12th October 2021 organized by SheTrades West Africa Project implemented by the International Trade Centre for SME’s and Business Support Organisations and held at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The training is aimed at helping cashew and tropical[…]

  A four-day training which started with a virtual session (29th, 1st and 4th October 2021) and ended with a practical session for Cocoa Cooperatives organized by the Center for the promotion of imports from developing countries (CBI) in collaboration with the Produce Monitoring Board on Cocoa Quality Management was held at Albertson Hall in Kenema. The[…]

SheTrades West Africa Project funded by the Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA) and implemented by the International Trade Centre has ended a three-day training from the 19th– 21st May 2021 for staff of Produce Monitoring Board on gender and cashew. The training was held at the Royal Hotel in Makeni. Key objectives of the training were as[…]

The Formal handing over ceremony of the Physical Cocoa and Coffee Testing/Grading Equipment to Produce Monitoring Board PMB provided by SCADEP was held on Thursday 11th March 2021 in the presence of representatives from Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry and Local Government and Rural Development, SCADeP, Produce Monitoring Board and the Media. In his welcome address, the[…]

The Executive Chairman, Dr. James Vibbi led the team and visited three nursery sites: Levuma, Kenema district, Bayiema, Kailahun district, Moindayfa, Kono district.  According to the Executive Chairman, the inspection visit was to assess the progress of the nursery seedlings and work done by the Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) and the community. He said PMB is providing[…]

 The four-day training which started from 10th– 13th January 2021 is a follow-up of a two-session training sponsored by the Centre for the promotion of imports from developing countries (CBI) of the Netherlands for the Produce Monitoring Board and counterparts in the Mano River Union basin. It is a parallel project to the Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF)[…]