A ten-day Training of Trainers for PMB, SLIEPA and Cooperative Department in Cooperative Governance and Management has been carried out at the J&E Hotel in Bo. The training serves to enable a network of trainers, using T.o.T training manual to organise and deliver field-based training sessions to board members, staff and members of agricultural cooperatives. The training […]
PMB and ITC Conduct Six-day Cocoa Quality Management Training in BO City
A six-day training from the 19th-24th October 2020 on Cocoa Quality Management with funds from the International Trade Center (ITC) for Cocoa Cooperatives, Exporters, Agencies and Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) has started at the Sahara Hotel in Bo. The training presents an opportunity to Cocoa Cooperatives and other stakeholders to develop a positive attitude in enhancing quality[…]
ICCO’s Boss Ends a five-day Working Visit to Sierra Leone
The five- day working visit of the Executive Director International Cocoa Organization Michel Arrion accompanied by his Project Manager Yunusa Abubakarr to Sierra Leone started on the 31st August and ended on the 5th September 2020, spearheaded by the Produce Monitoring Board. The visit of the Executive Director International Cocoa Organization ICCO was to have a better[…]
SIERRA LEONE’S COCOA RANKS HIGH IN THE 2020 EU IMPORTS OF ORGANIC AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTS REPORT
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[…]
SCADeP BOOSTS PMB WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GRADING EQUIPMENT
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[…]