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Under the dynamic leadership of Dr. James Vibbi at the Produce Monitoring Board, Sierra Leone has been rated 3rd in the world by EU in export of organic cocoa. This was revealed in the EU Agricultural Market Briefs of 17 June 2020. The main importing EU Member States in 2019 were the Netherlands (where 98% of Sierra […]

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 18th June 2020 in the presence of representatives from Ministries, departments, agencies, farmers cooperatives and other players in the produce value chain such as SCADeP, SLSB, UNIDO, ITC, SLECAD, GIZ, exporters such[…]

According to the World Health Organization, the Coronavirus COVID-19 is a Global pandemic and has ravaged over one hundred and fifty countries. The entire world is facing the challenge and governments Globally of which Sierra Leone is no exception are taking all necessary measures to contain the virus from spreading. The coronavirus is dangerous and the situation[…]

The Produce Monitoring Board and the International Trade Centre have ended a six-day (23rd March – 23rd -28th March 2020) training with Cocoa Cooperatives at the Albertson hall in Kenema. The training was to enable Cocoa Cooperatives to understand Cocoa quality management processes, procedures and practices identify key opportunities and challenges in the Cocoa sector and proffer[…]

In 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[…]